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our club-WSAAG- participated in a number of events through the year.(including the Parramatta Park and Festival of Stars)
Unfortunately in many instances poor weather let us down
still think I have had dozens if not over a hundred people look at stuff -usually the moon or Saturn or Joop -through my own personal telescope over the last year.
lots of kids.
Did IYA make a huge impact? probably not-hardly water cooler conversation material for most people I am afraid. Did we-the community -collectively get some people who had never looked through a telescope to do so? for sure.
Our club membership doubled -and I would attribute a lot of this interest directly to the outreach effort in IYA (by not just our club but the community as whole)
Narayan
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