Sunday 15th of August 2010 | Ann Tekatch
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Andrew Bruce’s 12″ Meade Lightbridge telescope under less than co-operative skies
An estimated crowd of 200 showed up for our scheduled August 11 Perseid Meteor Watch at the Binbrook Conservation Area in spite of the overcast skies. Telescopes were set up in the hopes of glimpsing brighter stars through the cloud cover. (I was able to catch Vega and Altair long enough to offer views of these to the public and I’m sure other fellow HAA-ers did likewise with their telescopes.) Some families brought their own telescopes and we were able to offer them advice on setting these up. As the skies darkened, John Gauvreau entertained the crowd with an excellent presentation on the Perseids, meteors, meteorites and comets:
