[Peyton-observing] Public Observing on June 5, problem with electronics

[Alex R. Howe]

Hi all,

After a rocky start, we had a beautiful, clear night and a good turnout 
of 15-20 people, plus the stadium lights were off.
In addition to the previously mentioned schedule mix-up, we had to 
improvise when the East button failed to work at all. We ended up 
turning the telescope off and on several times and aligning it on 
Arcturus manually, with some help from Wendy. Because of this problem, 
Brandon and I agreed that it may be time to invest in a new controller, 
if one is available.
Once we got it working, we had a very successful session observing 
Saturn, Mizar, M3, Bode's Galaxy, the Ring Nebula, and Albireo. Thanks 
to Brandon and Wendy for helping out.

Best,
Alex Howe