Hi,
Just a brief information regarding Astronomy Day:
Place: On the top of Mount Eden. Instruments: ETX-90EC plus Baader Solar Filter.Day time, between 10:30 to 13:40 NZ Time
The weather: most cloudy but between some gaps of clouds the public watched the Sun. Approx 30-40 people were in the morning
Evening time between 5:10 to 20:50 NZ Time
The weather: again most
cloudy but sometime you can observe the Moon in good conditions. Close
to 6:30 pm I can watched Saturn and Mars. The main celestial objects
were Moon, Saturn and Mars. The sky wasn't good to watch the clusters.
6 persons watched the Moon and others celestial objects though the telescope for the first time in they life.
4
persons want to join the Auckland Astronomical Society and to be volunteers for StarDome Observatory from Auckland.
In
the evening were approx 50 persons, so in total 80-90 watchers on the
Astronomy Day.
From my opinion it wasn't too bad. It wasn't a huge success, but the first step was done.
HAVE A CLEAR SKY,
Danut
