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Despite the uncertain weather forecast, about 12 members showed up last night. 
 
The patchy thin cloud after sunset allowed us to watch Jupitor and Venus (the mercury is behind a wall of horizontal cloud). I could see Arcturus and Vega as well. However, Polaris was only visible through telescopic view. The condition continuously deteriorated till the sky was 90% clouded out by 10 pm.
 
We started to wrap up around 10:30 pm. Wayne kindly offered to lock the gate.
 
Clear skies,
Richard Ren
Ring Nebula Ken Everhart