If you are in Yosemite National Park tomorrow evening and/or Saturday evening, come join the Central Valley Astronomers in the amphitheater at Glacier Point for a memorable evening under the stars. We begin setting up around 7:00 pm and observe well past midnight. We typically have several hundred tourists looking through our scopes. When Gary shows up, which is most years, the biggest scope is a 24" EQ-mounted newtonian. I have a more modest (and more portable) Celestron CPC-800.
Before dark we will look at the scenery, including Half Dome, Nevada Fall, Clouds Rest, Mount Hoffman, etc. We usually see hikers on the top of Half Dome (in '09, two of them got naked to celebrate....I'm not kidding) and at the top of Nevada Fall. Sometimes we also see climbers on the face of Half Dome.
Fred Lusk
Central Valley Astromomers
Before dark we will look at the scenery, including Half Dome, Nevada Fall, Clouds Rest, Mount Hoffman, etc. We usually see hikers on the top of Half Dome (in '09, two of them got naked to celebrate....I'm not kidding) and at the top of Nevada Fall. Sometimes we also see climbers on the face of Half Dome.
Fred Lusk
Central Valley Astromomers
