Comments and anecdotes about the event:
George Reynolds took the group on a tour of the night sky in the lecture room, including discussion of exciting parts of the summer sky and the moon. After a 45-minute presentation, he brought the group out to the back deck of Norfolk Botanical Gardens where they joined Jeremy Mitchell and Jeffrey Thornton for an observing session. Despite moderate thin clouds and thunderclouds flashing in the distance, the group was able to share the differences of a newtonian reflector, a refractor, and a Maksutov-Cassegrain in viewing the moon, the Double Double, Mizar/Alcor, and even the ghost of the Ring Nebula!