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100 Hours of Astronomy Event - FAU's 100 Hour Open Dome Marathon Event

100 Hours of Astronomy Event

Number of telescopes and binoculars:	3
Number of amateur participants:	31
Number of public observing (best estimate):	270
Public comments/impressions:	Thrilled and stunned at what they saw.
Viewing conditions:	Varied from overcast on friday to cleared on saturday and sunday
Objects viewed:	Sun in H-alpha and its broad spectrum. Saturn, Moon, M-13, Jupiter, Mars, Venus, Spectra of Sirius,
Types of telescopes used:	11 inch SCT Celestron
Names of club participants:	no club
Organizer Comments:	Not only did this event helped me to reach out to the public, but it also gave me a reason to train members of our department to use the telescope. Many of them never used it and
Method used to estimate public attendance:	Hand held click counters at telescope.

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