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asdfoster  ·  3420 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pluto has a tail!

Very nice! I live in Orlando and am involved with an Astronomy Society here. We have a few 8" telescopes and one 21" (in the Robinson Observatory). I know your pain of trying to cut through light pollution (damn Disney) and humidity and poor conditions. Have fun with all of that!





user-inactivated  ·  3419 days ago  ·  link  ·  

We sat outside as long as we could stand it. not nearly the crowd we usually pull in but 200+ anyway. I try to hit the public the week around first quarter as I can have the scopes up and looking at the moon for a few hours before sunset and hype Saturn at nightfall (9:30PM up here).

We dodged clouds all evening but managed to get Saturn at 200x for most of the evening. That is good enough to see 4-5 moons and the Cassini division. And there was a ton of Pluto talk.

Next outreach I have to bring my globes to explain how big Pluto, the moon and the earth are.