[Chaos-l] Efland-Cheeks

[MIKE AND BOBI GALLAGHER]

It was cool for all the reasons Jame mentioned. Actually, durn cold, but
the sky was so beautiful !!

That evening was a neat connection for me with the Milky Way.  All my
memories of it have the M.W. running from high overhead (Cygnus) south to
Sagittarius. Guess I am usually a summer star gazer!

But Thursday in Efland, one could face North, while the the Milky Way
arched gloriously from Auila in the west, then high, almost overhead, past
Cygnus to Cassiopeia, then on to the East, through Perseus. One could
stretch out the left hand toward the galaxy center and the right, heading
radially outward.

On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Jayme Hanzak <jhanzak at unctv.org> wrote:

> We had a good crowd and beautiful skies last night. There were about 40
> folks that came
>
> out to the telescopes last night. Mike Gallagher, Richard McColeman,
> Phillip Suitt and myself were the
>
> tour guides for the evening. When I asked the children what they saw? Many
> said the Moon.
>
> I would tell them that they were looking at a Planet, Jupiter, There faces
> would light up in amazement
>
> and go back in for another look.
>
>
>
> Jupiter had the appearance of 5 moons last night because of a near by star
> that had about the same brightness.
>
> It was a nice effect. We also looked at M57, M13, M45 and others. The
> Milky Way was easy to see even
>
> with the lights near by.
>
>
>
> It was cold so the observing was cut short by the parents. Everyone had a
> great time. The teachers
>
> came out and told us that they had over heard the children talking about
> what they saw which is why
>
> I enjoy these kind of events.
>
>
>
> We'll do it again next year.
>
>
>
> Jayme Hanzak
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