My 50mm f/1.4 lens for my camera showed up this evening! It is awesome. Very fast. The aperature on this thing is huge (50/1.4 = 35.7mm = 1.4 inches). On my 300-D it will have an effective focal length of 80mm which makes it a great portraiture lens and will function quite well for "close-ups" of large planetary nebulae and constellation shots in astrophotography.

Speaking of which, Bob and I spent a couple hours driving around tonight looking for possible observing locations. One of the pull-outs along the Valle Caldera looks good, although the proximity of NM 4 is troublesome. St. Peter's Dome is also nice, though it might be tough to get to in the winter and the rough road might jostle the scope a bit much...

In unrelated news, Mikki and I drove all the way to Espanola tonight to go bowling and it was league night. We would have had to wait an hour and a half to get a lane. We each played one quarter worth of quarter slots and won nothing. An hour wasted. :(