It was almost too cloudy tonight but the clouds parted just enough to see Vesta for a fourth time. This time it made a kite-like asterism with Gamma Leonis, 40 Leo, and SAO 99075 with 7th mag SAO 99092 as a kind of tail of the kite. Vesta is now above the pair having passed through probably sometime in the late afternoon. It is still fairly bright although I wasn't able to glimpse it in my 7x35's.
My Seymour Solar filter arrived today. It looks servicable enough although the logo sticker was a bit wrinkled. There don't appear to be any pinholes. I'll give it a shot the next time I see the sun. Now if the sun will just cooperate and throw up a sunspot or two to look at. The Seymour is just a dark film in a frame for the ETX-70 and not a hydrogen alpha filter. It'll be good for watching sunspots and transits but not for solar surface features.
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