There was also a set-up of display material inside the museum itself, with information and take-aways for people so that they could explore the hobby of amateur astronomy; the solar viewing glasses, Editions of SkyNews and the list of upcoming Star-parties that were handed out where very popular.
The clouds and sun did play a bit of a dance today so some of the solar scopes did as well, coming into the museum when the weather wasn’t in our favour.
A few images of some of the volunteers behind the tables.
Of course eventually the sun does set and the clouds again rolled in. We escaped to a local restaurant to have some dinner and watch the sky. It didn’t look good but a few of us stuck around to talk about astronomy to the crowds of people who showed up in the evening for some night time observing.
They also handed out glow-sticks, Green ones for the Astronomers and Red ones for visitors; the kids just loved them. I ran around showing people astronomy app on my iPad and taking a few more pictures using the Noct Nikkor lens which is Nikon’s specialized Night Photography lens. Again the Observatory was open and pointed at the Moon which allowed visitors to get a close-up glimpse of the sliver of moon that presented itself this evening.
Like during the day the moon was very allusive and Tim did his best to entertain the crowd with explanation of the history of the observatory, jokes, and even a jig.
Fortunately the moon did break though the clouds allowing all to have a look through the 15 refractory telescope.
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