Last evening was this year's event and I planned to set up a scope in front of the Culpeper County Library from 6 pm until 9 pm. The area is pretty light polluted but my targets for the evening were the First Quarter Moon and Saturn, both which would be clearly visible. The forecast called for windy, partial cloudy conditions.
I set up my scope by 6 pm. I used my Brandon 94 (94mm,
To say I was disappointed would be an understatement! I had only one passer-by interested enough to ask me what I was looking at...but for whatever reason was reluctant to take a look. Before I packed up (and a very large cloud bank rolled over the Moon), I did get in some decent Lunar viewing.
Did anyone else take advantage of IOTM night?
Dave