A beautiful day to have an astronomy meeting. About 20 people attended the meeting, with one new face. (We like new faces) Theo reported on last month’s outreach events, and the events planned in the communities for March around Comet C/2011 L4 PanSTARSS. During the meeting an award ceremony was held to recognize those who had participated in 5 or more outreach events during 2012. 8 Individuals received the certificate and the NSN Pin, giving more than 900 hours of volunteer work, driving more than 11,500 miles to participate in 83 events. Marie re-introduced us again to the Virtual Telescope and the meeting finished with Jon Towne’s great presentation of “what’s Up“. After the meeting we had a whopping 20 telescopes and binos on tripods on the Jon Wood Field to observe the night sky. (Click the image to go to the gallery)
Clear skies, theo