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Kojonup public viewing
Wow, what a success. CFN had our forecast spot on (Lumeah meteogram)
We set up eight telescopes not knowing how many people would show up.
Kojonup, population about 2400 and in the course of the evening we had about 200 visitors.
The 'scopes ranged from a 12 inch home made truss dob,down to a 2 inch refractor.
A couple of Mead LX's a wooden home made 6 inch f5 newtonian and a Skywatcher 8 inch f6 dob.
It was suggested that phones could be used at the,2 inch 35mm, eyepiece of the Skywatcher dob and 20mm eyepiece in the 6 inch newtonian. Two hours of continuous photography ensued. Gee, the other scopes had time to look at other bright goodies.
What a thrill to see such enthusiasm from entire families from the entire cross section of the community.
A very successful outreach event.
Chris
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