jupiter moved directly behind the bright UT tower right at 8pm, so we looked at moon first. so many people were present that we looked at the moon for over an hour! the shadow on the waxing gibbous moon is the perfect spot to look at how deep the craters are by looking at the shadows of the deep crater walls! as much as i love looking through the telescope at the moment that everything is lined up and adjust the focus to see all the little details of the moon's surface.... i equally enjoy seeing people crawl up the old wooden stairs, peer through the eyepiece of the old telescope for the first time and exult... WOW!!! i'll never get tired of that!
near the end of the evening some friends showed up and took some pictures. here's a shot of me focusing on the moon with the 70 year old 9-inch refracting telescope.
then katie and garret showed up with the best surprise ever.... happy psychedelic equinox costumes!!! hahahaha!!
after the observing ended, they swept me off so i could create my own costume for the official psychedelic equinox party...
a surprising evening that turned out to be a lot of fun!! thanks kt and g-rat!
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I remember the first time I looked at the stars, et al, through a telescope. I was, maybe, 12 or 13. My parents found a local guy with, I think, a 6-inch homemade reflector. I remember the Moon, Mars, and Jupiter. Magical. And, although I did not go into sicence, life changing.
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