After a five month hiatus from observing, it felt really good to be back outside with a telescope.  Fifteen years plus or (185 consecutive months) of compiling the Observer’s Challenge report left me with a bit of observing burnout. Fred Rayworth of Las Vegas, and myself issued the first report in February 2009. But for … Continue reading The Deer Lick Galaxy Group and Deerlick Gap Overlook Near Little Switzerland, North Carolina