Mark, I an issue of ASTRONET about a month ago someone had an article about "zero-power" binoculars. It was two toilet-paper tubes taped together. It has a field of view of 10-15 degrees. Do you think that if I observed the Leonids for an half/hour or so it would inscrease my LM? BTW, I have cloudy skies. They are predicted to start go out of town by Saturday morning. I had snow flurries yesterday night and today. pued@msndot com