Last night several HAA members came out to join Jim when he opened the park for observing. Five members and five scopes were set up on the hill and enjoyed views of double stars, clusters, galaxies and nebulae. Everybody looked through everybody else’s scopes and encouraged each other. The club’s loaner eyepiece was put to good use, and several members enjoyed the very wide fields that the University Optics 55mm eyepiece offered.
I was lucky enough (and yes, some if it was luck) to get a very good polar alignment and a very good focus on my camera and ended up with some of my best astrophotos to date. Here is one sample from last night, a view of M13, the globular cluster in Hercules, taken through my 90mm refractor.
Next time you get an email from a keyholder inviting you out to the park, why not come on out and join us for another great night.
