We’ve had Blake from the Royal Astronomical Conservatory of Toronto visit us five times now. The first four nights he came were torrential downpour, or cloudy. Still Blake entertained and informed us with his slideshow presentations. Last night through, was special! Last night the weather behaved and for the first time we got to experience the hands on tour through the sky with Blake’s telescope!
Everyone came over around 8:30 and headed over to our info center to listen to Blake’s presentation and wait for it to get dark. Then we headed out to his telescope with our red lights and star charts!
Some of the highlights were Venus, the second brightest object of the sky, you could see it phased just like the moon! It looked about three quarters full! We also got to see Saturn and its rings, along with Saturn’s brightest moon Titan! Talk about cool! We also checked out some pretty neat double stars, and a ring nebula! There was a half moon that night, and to see that up close was breath taking! You could see all the craters and fine details along the surface!
Blake will be joining us for a second time on August 28th at 8:30! Cross your fingers for another great night like this one! August is host to a pretty neat night time display, including the time of the year when Mars is at its closest point to earth! Even if the weather isn’t behaving you can still visit us, as Blake will show you some proper telescope techniques and other hands on activities! The Farmer’s Pantry is a great location for an Astronomy tour, because we are far away from light pollution, allowing you to experience more stars and more objects since our sky is so wonderfully dark! We hope to see you next time!
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