everyone remember to go and see mars! it's rising about the same time as the moon these days, and it's second only to the moon in brightness in the night sky. this owes to the fact that mars is as near as it has ever been to our home in recorded history, and will not again be this close for ~60,000 years, let alone our lifetimes. just about every observatory i have heard from is putting on a big deal about it, and most of them are free. so there's no excuse to miss it. wednesday (the 27) will be the absolute pinnacle-closest-event type thing. so if you're waiting for optimum viewing, that's your best bet. remember, though, that a lot of your experience is dependant on clarity of the skies that night (not only clouds, but the fab air that's here and in houston). martin -- being at cu should be fucking phat. they have great facilities and it's all up in the pure moutain air.