From: Alan Friedman <alan@greatarrow.com>

Date: January 31, 2010 6:21:54 PM MST

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com, macastronomer@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Mars at 9 degrees

... Fahrenheit that is.

It was quite the adventure in extreme astronomy:

I brought all the wires cables inside to thaw out... they were like coat hangers. Took a while to get my fingers working again too.

It was a beautiful night though... with some moments of good seeing

have a great week!

Alan