Ann, We were all very sorry that you couldn't make it to Bryce Canyon this year. We would have all been very happy to share this experience with you. The event was a smashing success again this year. On Wednesday night, we set up in the Circle C fairgrounds arena, where Story Musgrave, NASA's astronaut and Hubble repairman extraordinaire, spoke to over 700 attendees. The National Parks service provided personnel to guard over out telescopes that were set up out side so that we could listen to Story Musgrave. Story's presentation was fascinating. After that we had approximately 15 telescopes set up in a relatively dark area to view the night sky. On Thursday through Saturday nights, we had an average of 35 telescopes set up in Bryce Canyon National Park. The skies were very dark but a little hazy on Thursday night, very dark and extremely transparent on Saturday night making for extraordinary viewing and on Saturday night, clouds moved in and viewing was restricted to areas between the clouds moving through. In all, Chad Moore, with Bryce Canyon National Parks, estimated that over 7,000 visitors attended one or more of the events over the four day period. As for me, I totally enjoyed the event and had a good time visiting with the SLAS members and visitors that attended. Thanks, Rodger Fry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann House" <ann@annhouse.org> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 1:13 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Festival
Would anyone like to report on the Astronomy Festival in Bryce Canyon?
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