The haze and thin clouds, in which the small halo at 22 degrees around the sun fully formed, disappeared almost completly when it got dark. Some aircraft stripes however made some obs impossible. At 21:30 again thin clouds moved in. 81- 59 A 99-05-02 20:44:31 LB 44.0 0.2 10 4.40 'Fff'F, mag 3(5)->inv Seems to accelerate slowly 85- 79 B 99-05-02 21:18:51 LB 123.1 0.5 10 12.31 AA, mag 4->inv Looks like it is accelerating, but the pattern is complicated. I timed: 11.18 11.59 12.46 12.24 12.07 12.63 14.37 11.30 12.30 12.91 94- 24 B 99-05-02 21:10:17 LB 68.5 0.2 10 6.85 FF, mag 5->inv 94- 61 B 99-05-02 20:05 LB S, mag 3 95- 72 C 99-05-02 20:22 LB S, mag 4 98- 7 D 99-05-02 20:41 LB var, mag 5->6 98- 43 D 99-05-02 20:49:51 LB 114.9 0.2 8 14.36 FF,4->inv,some fl 1 Period is a combination of two periods. Timings were: 6.94 7.52 6.63 7.66 6.54 7.75 6.95 7.44 6.51 8.18 6.26 7.79 6.68 7.75 6.47 7.82. This gives 6.62 and 7.74; together 14.36 98- 43 G 99-05-02 20:55:42 LB 155.2 0.5 4 38.8 AA, mag 5->inv 98- 72 B 99-05-02 21:25 LB lp, mag 4->inv Greetings and clear, dark skies Leo Barhorst 372 obs in 1999 52.77 N 5.09 E 2 m ASL