Saturday, April 21, 2012

Astro-Fest 2012


My friends Adam and Jess invited me out to Stonybrook University for Astro-Fest 2012 put on by the Stonybrook Astronomy Club. I brought one of my home-made telescopes so they could use it as part of their display about telescope making. They also had another friend come from a different astronomy club, and she brought her telescope so that people could view the planet Venus. Here she is setting up her scope with another member of the astronomy club. I got to talk with a lot of the students who had displays set up for the public and had some really nice conversations about astronomy which made for a great evening.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sam wishes he could have been there. At his home, nights are filled with clouds and hydro-meteors.

Ken Spencer said...

Sorry that you were not there... There were low, fast moving clouds covering more than 50 percent of the sky, so we only saw Venus for short periods...