Event

CSASTRO Outreach will be doing a sky tour of the night sky to a very small group of campers at a location just West of Woodland Park. This event is not open to the public.

Date: Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Time: 8:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. Mountain

Location: Catamount Camp Aspen Valley Ranch
1150 South West Road
Woodland Park, CO 80863

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Event Report

Comments and anecdotes about the event:
Double team effort on this one with Bruce Bookout giving a green laser pointer sky tour of the night sky as darkness fell and David Warner set up a 115MM refractor telescope for viewing celestial objects. After a 30 minute talk and the telescope was set up for precise go-to pointing, we were able to show views of the planets, Comet Neowise and other celestial objects with mask use and minimal exposure (the campers were together all the time in cabins and in vans so main concern of exposure was astronomer to attendee or vice versa and by remoting control of the telescope, mask wear, social distancing and use of sanitizer, we could minimize exposure).

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