[Chaos-l] The unexpected night

[Jayme Hanzak]

Well I headed to Staunton River for our second observing night with the park. The Clear Sky Clock showed a less than optimal night. 

  

My past two visits to SRSP have started off with OK skies only to cloud over. The CSC was showing yet another incidence of this scenario. 

  

When I got to the park, the clouds were thicker than I had thought they were going to be. The moon wasn't visible and the sun was shrouded. 

At 8:30, Tony Garcia made his welcomed appearance and started construction of his rig. 

  

At 8:55, the campers started showing up. At 9:00 we had 30 people sitting and standing looking at Tony and myself. At 9:01, the Moon popped out 

from behind the clouds, and the game was on. As the crowd was finishing up looking at the Moon, the ISS passed over to take their attention for a few 

minutes. Then Saturn was revealed and 53 campers took a look at Saturn. Many for the first time. 

  

As the night progressed, the skies got better an better. Just like Allen and Robert's experiences at Medoc . Eventually the crowd thinned down to a few 

people and the cloud thinned out to reveal the Milky Way. 

Tony and I showed the remaining campers and rangers Alberio, Mizar and Alcor , M13, M57, M51, M8 and Vail nebula. It turned out to be a fantastic 
night. Tony spent a lot of time talking to two young ladies about the night sky. They were just sponging up the information. One of the young ladies, just 
kept repeating  the constellations over and over and what objects she had seen in that those constellation. 
  
It turned out to be a very nice evening. We left at around Midnight due to the fact that we getting tired of doing the "Mosquito Slap Dance". We had our 
repellent on, but the buggers kept on letting us know that they were there, just millimeters away. 
  
Finally, a decent clear night at SRSP . The light domes of South Boston and Clarksville , were not an issue. Minimal to say the worst. 
  
SRSP is very interested in a star party, letting us sleep next to our telescopes. More to come.   


Jayme Hanzak 
CHAOS President 

CHAOS 
P.O. Box 3001 
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-0842 
http :// www . rtpnet .org/chaos/ 




Tony and I showed the remaining campers and rangers Alberio, Mizar and Alcor , M13, M57, M51, M8 and Vail nebula. It turned out to be a fantastic 
night. Tony spent a lot of time talking to two young ladies about the night sky. They were just sponging up the information. One of the young ladies, just 
kept repeating  the constellations over and over and what objects she had seen in that those constellation. 
  
It turned out to be a very nice evening. We left at around Midnight due to the fact that we getting tired of doing the "Mosquito Slap Dance". We had our 
repellent on, but the buggers kept on letting us know that they were there, just millimeters away. 
  
Finally, a decent clear night at SRSP . The light domes of South Boston and Clarksville , were not an issue. Minimal to say the worst. 
  
SRSP is very interested in a star party, letting us sleep next to our telescopes. More to come.   


Jayme Hanzak 
CHAOS President 

CHAOS 
P.O. Box 3001 
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-0842 
http :// www . rtpnet .org/chaos/ 


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