International Observing the Moon Night

[LunaSwift]

That is TONIGHT. 

What have you done in respect of this event.

My local club, The Worthing Astronomers , set up a public viewing  event on the promenade at Worthing Seafront, I must admit that it is not the best dark sky location due to numerous seaside lights, But 7 scopes were set up with the prime intention of letting members of the public get a look at the Moon, I was surprised how many people were out and walking along the prom on a draughty October evening.

The weather was kind and we had some clear skys, I gave up counting the numbers of people who stopped and looked through our telescopes, and several took photos on their mobile phones, Also some , having viewed the moon, asked how much it would cost to start up in visual Astronomy and were amazed when told how little it would cost. I know for a fact that 2 people that looked through my SW 120 ST are going to buy similar scopes after the weekend,

All in all it was a very successful evening, we have possibly recruited some more members to our society , and introduced many more into the wonders of our hobby . It was a shame that due to the LP of them prom lights we were not able to show the delights of a truly dark sky enviroment, but at least we did our best to show people what is in the sky .

Graham

[David Smith]

Lashing down here

[baggywrinkle]

Nice one, well done.

We for a second night we had clear skies in Shanghai, just post some shots in the Lunar section it was 24C and 45%Rh so nice Autumn weather.

I did not realise they had a special night for this, but I am pretty out of touvh here.

[ronin]

Rain, rain and more rain.

Only hope is that one area of the cloud may be a bit brighter then the rest so will get an idea that the moon is still there. However it looks heavy enough cloud that even that is doubtful.

[Luke]

Clouded out here after rain, rain and more rain. I will try and process a moon image from a night or two back, and drink a toast to the moon.