Jose and I had a nice time observing at Alpha Ridge last night.  The sky looked promising at sunset, but thin, high clouds rolled in soon after.  It was still possible to see stars through them, and they weren’t thick enough to hinder the Starsense Explorer plate solving on my Dob.  Winds were calm.  The dew heater sensor on my Vespera measured 59 degrees and 74% relative humidity when we stopped observing at 11:30.  Dew had started to collect on everything by that time.  I also encountered my first mosquitos of the season.  They were not friendly encounters. Jose imaged M63, the Sunflower Galaxy in Canes Venatici.  He was surprised to be getting data through the clouds, but judged that it was probably of questionable quality.  Even so, he was happy that he got some good results in trying out some new tactics with his setup. I observed Struve 1254, a quadruple star in the middle of the Beehive (M44), with my 8″ Celestron Dob.  I also observed several additional doubles in Lynx.  Tried a handful of galaxies (M65 and M66 in Leo, M84 and M86 in Virgo), but could just barely detect them.  I ended the night with observation of the fine globular M3 in Canes Venatici, which was a little difficult to target and track at its altitude of 76 degrees.  I added 98 minutes of 10s sub-exposures to my continuing mosaic of Markarian’s Chain + M87 with my Vespera II. The sky conditions didn’t pan out as I hoped, but it was still an enjoyable evening.  I locked up HALO and the park and left at 11:55 PM. Ernie