Finally! Clear Night in the 40s!

I rolled Big Bertha out. I finally showed M42 to Rhonda. It is a pretty awesome sight with this much aperture.  For the first time, I used the 18mm 2" University Optics Orthoscopic that came with Big Bertha. You do not realize how constricted a view you get from a 1.25" eyepiece until do this.

Jupiter had plenty of cloud bands and the 2" eyepiece showed all four Galilean satellites along with enough magnification to see multiple cloud bands. 

I do wish that I did not to climb a ladder to get to the eyepiece.