[TheCrazedLog]

Hey all:

My sister has asked me to bring my telescope stuff across to her place in Ryde (Sydney) so her family and some friends can look through it. This will be sort of a sciencey type thing for them all.

Probably looking at 10-15 kids, maybe 5 adults. So lets say 20 people all up. I've got a 10" Dob, an ED80 on a EQ6 and a 8x40 pair of binocs.

My question is: What do I do? I've never really do anything like this before and I want them to come away from it all interested and happy to have gone. I reckon I've got maybe... 2 - 3 hours at the most?

Do I pick only a few solar system targets? What about DSO's (47 Tuc?)? Moon's an obvious target. My wife can run one scope while I run the other.

Has anyone done anything like this before? What is the sort of stuff I should read up on (I've had a quick read of the SanFran Sidewalk Astronomy's page, but that isn't quite what this is). Should I have a set list of targets, or let them roam?

Thanks

Anthony