The Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains just a few miles south of Cassiopeia Observatory is a significant wildfire started by lightning on 5 June 2020. Part of Oracle was evacuated 18-22 June, with all of Oracle, including us, remaining under the SET to evacuate order 17-26 June. The fire approached to about 3 miles from our home in Oracle. The evacuation status for Oracle was lowered to READY on 26 June.

Fire Status as of 23 July 2020: 119,978 acres burned, 100% contained
Oracle Evacuation Status: READY

View 17 June 2020 from our south fence

Reports	Date
Bighorn Fire Smoke, North American Nebula, Cygnus Loop Nebula	8 July 2020
Bighorn Fire updates, New Accessories tests, iPhone Moon	4 July 2020
Fire Updates, M85 Galaxy Supernova 2020nlb	30 June 2020
Bighorn Fire update, Better News, Short Session in Observatory	27 June 2020
Bighorn Fire updates, New PZT	26 June 2020
Bighorn Fire updates & some Good News!	23 June 2020
Wildfire updates, Many Thanks to our Firefighters!	20 June 2020
Bighorn Fire Updates	17 June 2020
Bighorn Fire updates, Supernova 2020fqv, iPhone Globular Clusters	14 June 2020
Smokey Skies continued, New PZT, Wolf 359 Parallax	12 June 2020
Still Smokey Sky, Siamese Twins Galaxies, Knife Edge Galaxy	10 June 2020
Wildfires, iPhone M10 & M12 Globular Clusters, Virgo Galaxies viewing	9 June 2020