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Telescope at Blount County Public Library Monday 13 December 6:00 PM
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The forecast looks Ok and so am planning on taking my telescope once again to the sidewalk behind the Blount County Public Library. I have made an event at the Friends of the Heritage Planetarium Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/2485253948279181/?active_tab=discussion
I would appreciate any and all telescopes to help. Jupiter will be the first target and about 8:00 the Shadow of Europa will start crossing Jupiter's face.
See below.
If you can participate replay all let us know!
Lee
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Hey Lee, I should be able to make it. I have an Orion 80mm refractor that I would like to bring with me. I've got a moon filter for my eyepiece that I've been wanting to try out and this looks like the first clear sky since I've received it. On Sun, Dec 11, 2022 at 9:28 PM Forrest Erickson <forresterickson@...> wrote:
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Ayaka Y. Komata
Hello Lee, The message title is “Monday 13 December 6:00 PM”. Is it going to be this evening or tomorrow (12/13)? I already have another commitment this evening. Thanks, Ayaka Komata On Dec 11, 2022, at 21:28, Forrest Erickson <forresterickson@...> wrote:
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Regarding, Ayaka's question, "this evening or tomorrow (12/13)?"
My bad it was Monday tonight. The forecast was good only for tonight and so I wanted to make a showing.
David Wells came too. We had near constant visitors and Jupiter and Saturn wowed them. Eventually Mars got high enough so show some detail and then the great nebula in Orion. But eventually my eye pieces were fogging and so about 9:30 we packed it up.
I messed up thinking there would be a shadow from a moon on Jupiter but I had the planetarium program set for the 11 not the 12. Their will be a shadow come Friday. And the forecast is improving for that evening.
 
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It was a great outreach event! We had one young man who stopped by with his kids; he then called his dad on the phone and told him about it, and he came down to the library too. Lots of amazed visitors. And Lee helped me learn the ropes of my EQ mount. Thanks Lee! On Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at 10:53 PM Forrest Erickson <forresterickson@...> wrote:
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