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Public viewing night in Newcastle 8 September 2005
Tonight the Newcastle Astronomical Society conducted a viewing evening for newcaslte East public School and the general public at " the Obelisk" in Newcastle.
The turnout was fantastic and enthusiastic kids and adults made the most of the photon charged environment. Many oohs aahhs and "sics" and quite a few "fully sics"!
We did the moon, venus and jupiter view swaping between the scopes. as you can see we had quite a crowd and only 4 telescopes.
I even had an elderly lady look at the moon, jupiter and venus and then she stated that she was 98 years old. i tell you now that she didn't walk or look like a 98 year old. She said that she wanted to see another world up close before she left this one. the NAS was only too helpful to oblige.
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