[AZ-Observing] Chinle Star Parties

I just returned from Chinle where I helped host two star parties, one 
Tuesday night and one last night. Each were a success. While a long 
drive, I felt it was worth it.

In addition to the star parties I gave 4 talks on astronomy. One 
turned interesting when we got into the various types of black holes, 
quantum and string theory. Lots of fun.

The high elevation and clear skies were great. I think next time they 
need to schedule these with less of a moon, however. We looked at 
M57, M13 and M31 as well as some double stars, planets and open 
clusters. This was the first time most of the people had looked 
through a telescope. It was very satisfying. Hopefully something will 
be arranged again next year during the dark of the moon.

Canyon de Chelly is right there and a most interesting place to 
visit. The second star party was help at the visitor's center.

Jeff
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Jeff Hopkins
HPO SOFT
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Hopkins Phoenix Observatory
7812 West Clayton Drive
  Phoenix, Arizona 85033-2439 U.S.A.
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