100 Hours of Astronomy Event - Solar Viewing, star party and Children's Astronomy Art Exhibit

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100 Hours of Astronomy Event - Solar Viewing, star party and Children's Astronomy Art Exhibit

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Number of telescopes and binoculars:	28
Number of amateur participants:	34
Number of public observing (best estimate):	2
Public comments/impressions:	At public park, visitors were asking to repeat event more often. At malls, our visitors were having fun participating in the hands-on activities
Viewing conditions:	April 2 daytime bad all the rest very good
Objects viewed:	Sun, Venus, Jupiter, Moon, Saturn, Galaxies, Messier objects, nebulas, binaries
Types of telescopes used:	2" refractor, 4", 5", 6", 9.25" reflectors, Coronado, binoculars
Names of club participants:	Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit
If not observing – type of event:	Art display, hands- on activities, physics circus
Organizer Comments:	We had a great time, our visitors seemed to enjoy everything. They were really impressed by the view of Venus in the day. We had more than 1,200 visitors to the star party on Sunday
Method used to estimate public attendance:	In star parties we count admitted visitors. Calculated groups.

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