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Old 08-04-2013, 08:50 PM
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Nico13 (Ken)
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Jeez Jen you've jumped in the deep end

No worries you'll do great, two scopes and a few pairs of binocs with your laser pointer, star charts for the night, blankies, yeh no probs.
Just do as suggested pick your best brightest targets for the night and go for it.
Tell them a bit about the seasonal changes and what you see at different times of year etc. Point out the Galaxy centre, Sagittarius is high in the sky.

It's amazing how many people don't realize that every star they look at is a sun like our own. Antares is a good one to point out and the fact that it's about 800 times of our sun.
Use the old KISS principal, keep it simple and let the DOB do the talking.

Yep you'll do fine. Too far for me I'll be at Snake Valley if the weather holds.

Good luck with it
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