Sidewalk Astronomy this weekend

We have lots of things to celebrate this weekend: It's Saturn opposition, meaning Saturn will be back in the evening sky for the next several months. The Huygens probe appears to have successfully returned data from the atmosphere of Titan (at the time of this writing). And it's finally stopped raining for a while! Jane and I will set up telescopes in Pasadena on Colorado Blvd. near Delacey this evening (Friday), starting at about 6:00 p.m. Saturday we plan to set up in Old Town Monrovia at Myrtle and Lime, and joining us will be the founder of the Sidewalk Astronomers, John Dobson, inventor of the sidewalk telescope bearing his name. The weather forecast looks better for Friday than for Saturday, but we're holding out hope for enough clear skies on both evenings to give out some great views of the waxing crescent Moon, Saturn, and possibly even comet Machholz (if we can find it under the city lights). (Our telescopes are good, but we still can't see through clouds!) I'll send a weather update on Saturday. Best regards, Mojo -- Morris Jones Monrovia, CA http://www.whiteoaks.com Old Town Astronomers: http://www.otastro.org