[Atmob-discuss] Trick or Treat Astronomy!

[Neil Fleming]

That's kind of a Halloween tradition for me too,
Peter.

I set up the EM-11, the FCT-100 and the computer, and
entertain all of the local families.

This year it was comet Holmes.  Last year was clouded
out, but the year before was Mars.

   ...Neil

--- Peter T <pjbt2 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I decided to setup the binos on my parallelogram
> mount tonight and my girlfriend & I sat outside with
> bowl of candy. It worked great! (until the clouds
> just moved in here...)
>    
>   When the kids started showing up, I said, "Who
> wants to see a real comet and have some candy?" 
> They all looked into the binos (adjusting the height
> for each child) and the kids loved the view of Comet
> Holmes before getting their candy. Their parents
> loved it as well!!  One girl even dragged her mother
> back to our house just so she could see the comet
> too!!
>    
>   Cool idea....trick or treating with a comet!
>    
>   Clear skies (please)!
>   +Peter+
>   Plainville, MA
>    
> 
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