FreeLists / az-observing / [AZ-Observing] Dreamy Draw Public Star Party

["Rick Tejera" <saguaroastro@xxxxxxx>]

Last night was my first trip to the Dreamy Draw Rec Area for a star party. I
got there early and noticed I was it. After a while a few folks were asking
if I was with the "star Group". Finally Park Ranger Nichole arrived and
directed me to where the event would be held. It was beginning to look like
it was gonna be a solo performance when Dave Fredericksen showed. There was
a pretty sizable crowd waiting for dark to arrive. Dwight Bogan showed up
shortly to round out the Astronomer contingent.

As usual lots of folks looked at the moon, Saturn, a few doubles and had
lots of questions. About an hour people started to ask me when the "Program
was going to begin" Program? What Program?" Seem last time out, Jack gave a
brief presentation about astronomy. Well for the second time in a week, I
was called don to sub for a speaker. I gave a tour of the sky, pointing out
constellations with the laser. I showed them how to find different
constellation using various celestial pointers (arc to Arcturus, etc). After
the talk, it was back to the eyepiece. As you'd expect Saturn was the
favorite object of the night. 

My guess is about 200 or so showed up. We stayed till about 2130 when the
crowd finally dissipated. Ranger Nicole had printed up some star maps and
SAC membership forms, to give out. She told me that quite a few folks took
the membership forms. Hopefully we'll see a few of these folks in the
future.

Up Next: May 6th, Thunderbird.

Clear Skies

Rick Tejera 
President 
Editor SACnews
Saguaro Astronomy Club
Phoenix, Arizona
saguaroastro@xxxxxxx
www.saguaroastro.org




--
See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please 
send personal replies to the author, not the list.