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Sunny. We have had a spate of warm, dry weather, great for astronomy. When Erin was here, we went out stargazing over at Pete's house one night. We got some great views of clusters, and nebulae to the south. I was hoping we'd get a look at the Andromeda Galaxy which is currently situated in the northeast. I couldn't find it, mostly because Rutland is also to the northeast, and the light pollution obscured it. Pete said the light from Rutland is much worse than when he first came here. Honestly, I didn't notice it until I started with the astronomy myself. He said it's mostly due to the new intensely bright flourescent lights now being used in industrial parks, and parking lots.