[Peyton-observing] Public observing: 7 February 2013

[jegunn]

Congrats, all. Glad everything worked, AND that Nature cooperated.

--jim

On Thu, 7 Feb 2013, Renee Hlozek wrote:

> Dear all
> We had a super observing session last night! Chris, AJ, Chelsea and I had about 45 - 50
> (kindly head counted by one of the guests) people from 8-10pm in the dome.
> 
> This was due to the clear skies, many people told us that they had been trying to come
> for a while and so jumped at the chance.
> The telescope worked well ("E" button only moving when it was very cold) and we managed
> to see M81, Jupiter, Pleides, Orion's nebula, Betelgese (apparently red stars are a hit)
> and Mizar. 
> 
> Given the large numbers of people, we had half up on the deck and the rest down the
> stairs having science discussions - so it helped that there were many helpers around for
> crowd control.
> 
> All in all I was happy to have a successful evening as a first go!
> 
> cheers
> Renee
> 
>