Thursday on friday night was a clear night, inspite of the full moon. Friday evening clouds moved in very quickly, and I could make just one obs. 91- 19 B is still accelerating, as Kurt mentioned in his posting a few days ago. April 1999 was a good month for observing. On 14 days (3 mornings and 13 evenings) a total of 163 obs were made, bringing the yeartotal to 363 obs. Just 5 less than the whole of last year, when I stopped observing on april 29 due to the work at my houseboat, and started again dec 29. 60- 7 A 99-04-29 21:00 LB almost S, mag 8 65- 65 C 99-04-29 21:02:57 LB 39.1 0.2 10 3.91 FF, mag 7->inv 65- 98 C 99-04-30 01:24 LB S, mag 4 70- 25CD 99-04-30 01:03:40 LB 136.6 0.5 5 27.3 AA, mag 6->inv 78- 18 B 99-04-29 22:08:02 LB 97.7 0.2 30 3.26 FF, mag 4->inv 82- 55 B 99-04-29 21:46 LB almost S, mag 5 85- 79 B 99-04-29 21:14:08 LB 126.0 0.2 10 12.60 AA, mag 4->inv 87- 20 B 99-04-29 21:07:35 LB 125.4 0.5 4 31.3 AA, mag 6->inv 87- 27 B 99-04-29 21:09 LB S, mag 4 87- 60 A 99-04-29 20:34:01 LB 56.9 0.2 10 5.69 FF, mag 4->inv 87- 60 A 99-04-29 22:16 LB almost S, mag 5 88- 50 A 99-04-30 02:15:36 LB 82.1 0.5 4 20.5 AA, 3->inv, sm, 4 89- 17 B 99-04-29 21:56 LB S, mag 6 90- 29 J 99-04-29 20:40 LB S, mag 5 91- 19 B 99-04-30 01:55:00 LB 93.8 0.2 6 15.63 FF, mag 4->inv 91- 41 B 99-04-29 20:05 LB S, mag 5 92- 8 B 99-04-29 20:27:18 LB 131.3 0.5 4 32.8 AA, mag 4->inv 92- 20 B 99-04-30 01:17 LB slowly var, mag 5->inv 92- 94 A 99-04-30 02:21:49 LB 100.9 0.2 5 20.18 FF, mag 3->inv 93- 55 C 99-04-30 01:33 LB S, mag 5 93- 61 A 99-04-29 20:51:20 LB 93.6 0.2 6 15.60 FF, mag 3->inv, ssm 94- 24 B 99-04-30 20:18:26 LB 67.4 0.2 10 6.74 FF, mag 4->inv 94- 41 B 99-04-29 20:58 LB lp, mag 4->inv 94- 85 B 99-04-29 22:13:27 LB 109.2 0.5 5 21.8 AA, mag 6->inv 95- 8 B 99-04-30 02:03 LB var, mag 5->inv 95- 12 B 99-04-30 02:31:34 LB 20.0 0.5 1 20.0 AA, mag 6->inv 97- 28 C 99-04-29 21:27:58 LB 62.8 0.5 1 62.8 AA, mag 6->inv 97- 64 B 99-04-29 20:42 LB S, mag 2 98- 43 G 99-04-29 20:23:14 LB 157.3 0.5 4 39.3 AA, mag 3->7 98- 43 G 99-04-29 22:04:08 LB 161.8 0.5 4 40.5 AA, mag 3->inv 99- 4 E 99-04-30 02:35:56 LB 80.2 0.2 16 5.01 AA, mag 3->inv 99- 19 F 99-04-30 01:08 LB S, mag 4 Greetings and clear, dark skies Leo Barhorst This year 363 obs 52.77 N 5.09 E 2 m ASL