Fun night at Houge Park

by Rich Neuschaefer

Friday night (Jan 14th) turned out to be one of the best nights for planetary viewing in a long time. The seeing was very good. It was at least a 7 on a 10 point scale. All six stars in the Trapeizum were easy to see in my 155mm f/7 refractor. Saturn showed nice shading on the planet and the ring.

It was a fun night but it was cold. Well, cold for the SF Bay Area. It was in the low 40s.

There were at least a dozen scopes and maybe 50 visitors. One young visitor loved viewing Saturn and the Moon. She was only 5 years old but she was observing like an old pro. She was very bright little girl. I wonder what she will go into when she gets into college.

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Posted on calastro Jan 15, 2005 02:18:47 PT
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