Greetings All
After attending the ABC stargazing record attempt at a local Girl Guide hut, I've been asked to offer up an astro session for the kids. I'm less than 18 months into this hobby, and some wisdom would be much appreciated in making this successful.
I looked up the sticky "recipes for Star parties". Thinking this contained pointers for how to be successful in hosting such, I read on... Nope, it's literally cooking...
So, does anybody have some wisdom, and/or words of encouragement to assist me in this endeavour? Gear wise, I have access to the following:
C6 on Nextar6/8 AZ mount, with StarGPS.
102 Mak on AstroFi mount (with extra Celestron handset).
iOptron 80mm refractor on a GSO AZ mount
Perhaps a small newt on an AZ3 (possible future acquisition)
Another Guide Leader has a C8 on some kind of celestron clock drive mount, and will hopefully attend. I also have 2x poorly collimated 50mm binoculars that are 50ish years old.
Location is yet to be revealed to me (somewhere in Townsville, QLD), as are final numbers (25+, I'll update this post soon). I've attached 2 screenshots from SkySafari on these dates, for inspiration.
Thankyou kindly in advance,
Andy.
P.S. Mods, please move this thread if it's in the wrong section - Cheers.