[AZ-Observing] Re: Dreamy Draw Public Star Party
- From: "Jack Jones" <Telescoper@xxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2006 10:37:45 -0700
Thanks again Rick! I'm finding out a good use for a President finally.
Relatives coming and going for the weekend kept me hopping. My undying
gratitude to you, Dave, and Dwight. That was indeed the extent of the
"program", sounds like you pretty much gave the sky tour talk I gave and is
what they were expecting.
Jack Jones
Public Events Coordinator
Saguaro Astronomy Club
Phoenix AZ
Telescoper@xxxxxxx
www.saguaroastro.org
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Tejera" <saguaroastro@xxxxxxx>
To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 9:56 AM
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Dreamy Draw Public Star Party
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
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