Public Star Gazing Event at Klondike Park
More than 100 people viewed the Sun and Stars at the event in Klondike Park (98 were registered before it got too dark to keep track). We started early with a picnic and time to set up telescopes. The Sun was visible early on through a Solarscope (projection device) and Cook’s H-alpha scope but only two very small sunspots were visible.
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Telescope clinic beginning at 6:00 pm at the Weldon Spring Interpretive Center. Pot luck supper at 6:00 pm. We will supply the main dish, folks are encouraged to bring a side dish, salad, desserts, etc.
Regular meeting starts at 7:00 pm:
- Jim and Yvonne Roe will describe their trip to Greece to see the total solar eclipse and show a 6 minute video of the event. Jim and Wayne Clark will describe the two astronomy meetings they attended since the last meeting: the Mid Americal Regional Astrophysics Conference in Kansas City on April 7-8 and the Spring meeting of the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) in Rockford, Il on May 4-6.
- open discussion
18 Members and guests present
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