Comet Liller reached naked eye visibility briefly in the Cassiopeia/Perseus area.
 

SF writer Robert A. Heinlein died on May 8th at age 80.

Me (left) and Randy Hendriks at the Lost Channel Observing Site (LCOS). A cold August night found me without a coat for observing, so I had to use an old fur coat of my grandmother's that happened to be at the farm! I am also wearing the remains of my "Galapagos" hat.
 

Randy Hendriks with his 12.5" Cave at LCOS. My C8 is on the pier at left, while Doug Clapp's Meade 8 is on the pier in the background. The next summer, observatories were built around the two piers.