Comments and anecdotes about the event:
This was a club picnic potluck at the home of Kathy and Kurt Hillig. We had 17 participants, the food was great, and several of us set up telescopes to view the clear night sky. Brian shared his night vision device, which was startling in what it showed, even without any magnification. We tried it both with and without a nebula filter. It was a great evening and night, except for the mosquitoes, which were apocalyptic in intensity.