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I took my dob last time, but decided to use the ETX yesterday as it could do the tracking and I could keep my attention on the clumsy hordes. Fortunately, some bright spark from the Uni supplied loops of glow-sticks to put around the tripod legs, a brilliant idea.
I was also amazed at the light output of mobile phones that some of the public were using as torches both to find their way around and to shine in everyone's eyes.
The oohs and aahs and OMGs made up for the annoyances, and, after all, it wasn't a viewing session but an astronomy PR exercise.
It was the best organised MU astronomy night that I've attended and the biggest crowds I've seen there.
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