International Observe the Moon Night
by Jim Crawford & Jim Hendrickson
What a great evening it was, clear and transparent, we had about 25 visitors. Several members brought their personal scopes, from 3 in up to a 14 inch, the moon was center stage but Saturn also got rave reviews. Then our members put on a great show with a host of objects: M57, M31 and M15 and many more.
Francine did a great job in her Moon presentation, 3 sessions in all. Thanks Francine
Thanks to all members for a memorable evening, we received a total of $47.00 in donations.
Each visitor was greeted and invited back for public nights and also to AstroAssembly. Each received a Seagrave calling card and they were directed to the event calendar to get info on AstroAssembly.
Jim Crawford
It was a great night. Even though it wasn’t much larger turnout than our typical Saturday night, I enjoyed having the gathering of members and scopes in the front yard, it makes for a different and more festive atmosphere than just having people gathered under the dome or in one of the roll-offs. I am definitely in favor of promoting more events like this in the future, and just having member scope nights in general.
Once the Moon set we had some great views of star clusters and double stars and a preview of some of the fall constellations.
Did anyone else see the plane fly in front of the Moon? I had a good look through my 8x40 finder.
Some photos from the event, which were also shared with the InOMN group in Flickr:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/30623046@N08/sets/72157658851459111
Jim Hendrickson
