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Sounds like you had a great time at Eagle Bluff. I needed a Jerome at Gamehaven. Didn't get much of a chance of talking any astronomy. People started showing up around 9:30, talking a little bit and then Dean's hordes hit. We were able to see Arcturus soon after that, they wanted to see it, so put that in the scope and started to run people through. Then, someone saw another star, jackpot, Saturn! Moved over to Saturn, been too long, took awhile to get it in the scope. It was like a never ending line. Definitely there were some seconds and probably some thirds. Same as Eagle Bluff, is that real? Has to be a picture in there. Many thank yous. I don't know, seems like must have been close to 40 people all together. Everyone had to hit the sack and gone a little after 10:00, no late nights there. Kirk showed up right after all the kids had left.
Turned out to be a lucky night. Saturn was in one of the few holes in the clouds, so we were able to get a good look at it. Great night, but don't think I'd do that again by myself. ;D Needed another person at least and another scope or two. At least next, I won't be alone, I'll have my wife along. She was busy Friday night and couldn't come along. 🙂
Jeff