Yesterday we did an event at Hopewell Middle School in Alpharetta. This was a follow up and some 70 students and parents attended over the 2 1/2 hour outreach event. The students build three Newtonian Telescopes a few months back. Yesterday they learned how they work in the field. After a briefing, they setup the scopes themselves, knowing how to level the tripots, point the scope to North and how to set the elevation to the correct degrees, balance the scope on both axes, and how to turn the scope so the eye piece can be reached for smaller persons. Great Students!! Unfortunately in alpharetta the clouds were supposed to break up at 6:00 P.M., but they never did, whereas the east side of Atlanta had clear skies. So we will be back when they take a look at the first night sky objects. Great Job Students!! Click here for some pictures.