Wow, we had a wonderful turnout last night in Riverfront Park. Saturn, Mars,
and Jupiter were the highlight until the moon
peeked over the top of the convention center. There was about 50 convention
goers, give or take a few. Plus
a few people just passing by stopped to look through the telescopes. I would
even go as far and say we had about 65 people.
The vibration you get from walking on the wooden bridge was the downside.
I was able to locate the Ring Nebula. Which was a miracle in itself because the
Moon was full. it was really washed out.
just before we left I put the telescope on Mizar and Alcor for the last few
people.
I didn't get pictures. But for being in the middle of Downtown Spokane it was
pretty amazing.
We started wrapping it up about 10:30.
A big Thank You to the Accelerator Unit of the Health Physic Society for
contacting us to help make their
experience in Spokane memorable. Some people had never looked through a
telescope before and they were like
kids looking for the first time, the noises were ooooh and ahhhh's and wow. It
was great. Thank you to
Paul Yost, Phyllis Eide and Dale Isley for coming out and helping with this
event.
Debbie Cotten
Outreach, Event Coordinator of
The Spokane Astronomical Society
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