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In the evening
We had kept the evening session flexible with presentations and activities on hand should the weather not
be kind enough to allow night sky observing. Incredibly, the sky stayed clear through the whole evening
and the quadrangle provided an excellent place to set up all the telescopes and we were delighted with
the minimal light pollution despite being in town.
We had asked visitors to bring their own telescopes and our team helped to set them up and provided
advice and assistance in getting the best out of them. I was exhilarating to hear the ‘Oohs’ and ‘Aahs’ as
many visitors were able to see Jupiter through their own telescopes for the very first time.
ICY SCIENCE | QTR 1 2014