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[Jeff Hopkins <phxjeff@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

What a great time at the School Star party last night. Aside from the 
bright Phoenix night sky, it was a perfect night, temperature just 
right, clears skies and several planets in easy viewing positions.

There had to be a dozen scopes set up and hundreds of kids and 
adults. I used a little Meade ETX60 with solar filter to show some 
sun spots before the sun got too low. I set it up in polar mode. It 
worked well.

I used my 13.1" DOB to view Venus, Saturn and Jupiter all at about 
60X. Most folks were amazed at Venus and some thought they were 
looking at the moon. I had many return trips to the DOB to see Venus 
again and again. I think that was what impressed folks the most. 
Venus took rein over Saturn and Jupiter last night.

John Majewski came with me and setup his 8" Meade SCT. He seemed to 
have a ball showing folks the planets.

All in all a great time and great night.

Jeff

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