[LVAS] Red Rock Public Event

[Elena De La Pena]

Thanks for the update, Fred. I had you all in mind wondering how it was
going. That's neat that the Star Party turned out good. I was disappointed
to miss  but unfortunately I came up with some intestinal thing that kept me
home bound. Today I am much better and set up the Star Blast out on my
balcony for a look at the moon. I got to use my new moon map that includes
the Apollo landing sites. I hadn't used a Telrad before so it was fun
learning how to use it.  ***Elena

On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 4:32 PM, Fred Rayworth  wrote:

>  All, It was sure a pleasure to go out last night and help show people the
> sky. I set up next to Dave Blanchette who had the club's 24" set up. Beyond
> him was Rob and his Mallincam setup and next to him were three other scopes
> set up (sorry I forgot your names).
>
> As some of you know, I haven't made the public outings for quite some time.
> The main reason is that last year they were all scheduled on dark nights and
> I couldn't sacrifice one of them for a public event. Last night was perfect
> for the public in that regard.
>
> I was able to show a few people the moon, Jupiter, Mars, M-42/M-43 and
> M-31, M-32, and M-110. As you may have guessed, the conditions were less
> than ideal. The sky was clearer than we thought it would be, but the glare
> from Las Vegas and the moon kept us from seeing much detail. That didn't
> matter as the people that looked through our scopes seemed to love it. I
> even got to talk with a couple of brand new club members.
>
> At first, Rob was doing his presentation to a standing room only crowd.
> When he finally got out to the scope field, he showed a few more objects
> than either Dave or I could find. I remember him trying for the moon, but it
> was too bright for the camera. I also remember the Plieades and M-1.
>
> The visitors station is really up there on the hill, not too far from the
> snow line. When the temperature dropped into the 30's, it was tolerable
> until the slight breeze came along. I got so cold that I couldn't move my
> hands. I finally whimped out at 7:00, but by then, most of the public had
> left anyway.
>
> It was worth it.
>
>
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