For the past two years the weather defeated our efforts to hold a star gaze for Kenwood Elementary School’s Science night. The morning of the 10th of March looked like another washout. But the satellite imagery showed we were right on the edge of the overcast and the clouds motions were promising. We had planned on making a go/no go decision about 3:00 PM. Just about 2:00 PM the clouds started to break up and by 3:00 there were just a few remnants left so the call was made for a GO.
We chose poorly. By the time Dave Halupowski, Tom Haugh and Chuck Lynch arrived at Kenwood, the skies were solidly overcast. So, just before the event started, we called off the star gaze (once again). By then, club member Ken Leone called in to get an update and was told of the cancellation.
Tom Haugh moved his 8″ Meade into the meeting room with the rest of the science night exhibits and provided views of the wall clock through his scope, answered lots of astronomy questions and handed out many of the club’s 2016 public star gaze schedules. By the time the event was over, it was raining outside.
There’s always next year.