
Thanks for everyone that showed up for our Summer Solstice Star Party, although it seem more like spring with the clouds coming and going. We had a few clouds roll in from the south as the sun was setting at about 8:30pm. The clouds broke enough so we could get good views of Saturn and the Moon. Then later on in the night we were able to spot in Messier 13 in Hercules, a Globular Star Cluster, and Messier 57 a Planetary Nebula remnant left from a star that died, We were also able to point out the Summer Triangle, and the consolations that make it up, these things were also described in our monthly International Year of Astronomy Outreach Education. We also talked about things like how telescopes work the different kinds of telescopes. We finally had to pack in about 12am as the clouds seem to return with a vengeance this time, and did not seem like they were going to leave us alone any time soon.
