An unexpected phone call from Austerfield staff they have a school in tonight and forgot to book stargazing could we cover at short notice. I'm glad I did, it was the best sky I've seen for months. Opened up 6.30.
A group of 21 pupils had 90 minutes of stargazing why bother giving talks with a sky like this. They must have been talking about Polaris or the North star as they called it as they all asked where is it, and could we see it. We then moved onto Mars, Albireo, Deneb, M45, M31 and finally even a decent view of Uranus.
A great night for the pupils all bouncing around with excitement.
Closed down 8.30.
Dave