With incredibly clear skies over Washington, D.C. on July 4th, Lauren and I decided to set up the telescope in the parking lot at the Cordoza High School where we had see up to watch the fireworks over the National Mall.
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| View to the Washington Monument from NW |
We had a great view of the
Washington Monument. The waxing crescent moon was a great target to begin with, even before sundown.
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| Fireworks over the National Mall July 2014 |
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| Explaining the Physics of an SCT |
We trained both the
Celestron C8 and the
Cometron binocs on the moon, and almost immediately had people coming over to find out what we were looking at. We invited them to take a look through the telescope and/or binoculars while Lauren shared stories of the cratering of the moon and the structure of Saturn, it's moons and its rings.
After night fell and the fireworks wound down, we continued the "fireworks" sharing views of the
Moon,
Mars and
Saturn.
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| Saturn is how big? |
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| Isn't there a robot on Mars? |
Fun facts about the Moon, Mars and Saturn were shared, questions were answered, but most of all eyes were opened to the cosmos. People walked away with a smile on their face and their eyes to the sky. It was a good evening.
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