	Sun	Moon
Rise	5:27	12:15		7.9d
Set	19:59	02:02	55.3%

Star Party at Portsmouth Middle School, Friday, March 13th, 2009

Friday, March 13th, 2009 @ 8:00 PM / Portsmouth Middle School The night went well with around 12 scopes. A few members that weren’t on the list had also showed up so we had a good turn out. We probably only had around a total of 150 students, parents and teachers that show up for the event. It seems they cam in a few waves. The temperature was around the freezing mark but the wind let up so it wasn’t too bad. We had first intended to setup in the parking lot but the has been long gone and the ground on the north side of the building seemed firm. The lights in the parking lot went off at 7:30 and the lights on the building, that they were unable to shut off last year, were shut off just after 8:15 or so. I had a live CCD image of comet Lulin running for those interested and this was our first event with the binocular table that was setup with donated binoculars. Bob Magnuson, a member of ASSNE was also able to join us. As the night went on the clouds slowly thickened. By 9:45 it was cloudy and everyone started to pack it in. Newport Bridge toll $2.00 each way…what can you do.

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