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The Penrith Observatory has a twice-a-month Family Viewing Night, the most recent one being Saturday evening (last night). WSAAG support the effort with members bringing their own telescopes and showing visitors to the observatory more objects than what the regular staff could manage.
The visitors last night were quite aware of the Stargazing Live program - much more than I would have expected - and many discussed items of interest with WSAAG members and observatory staff.
My thinking is that - based on this (small, probably biased) sample), the Stargazing Live project was a good success, even if the metric is simply number of persons watching. I think it also raised the profile of astronomy and (possibly more importantly) gave the regular man-in-the-street some inkling that Real Science is not impossible for real people, especially where astronomy is concerned. There are projects for (almost) everyone.
Regards,
Tony Barry
WSAAG
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