The final star gaze of 2022 started off with clear skies and solar telescopes. A few sunspots were visible now that the Sun is coming out of solar minimum.
 The Sun’s chromosphere comes into view with Dennis’ H-alpha scope. |
 Observing sunspots using Scott’s scope just before the trees get in the way. |
 A guest observes the Sun’s spectrum through Tom’s spectroscope. |
As the Sun set, the solar equipment was put away and nighttime scopes were pointed towards Jupiter and as the skies darkened further, Saturn came into view.
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Much later, high haze prevented dimmer objects from being observed but by then the guests were heading back home or to their camp sites. Overall, we had about 50 guest observers.
The club was represented by:
- Tom Haugh
- Dennis & Marietta Hausch
- Scott Morgan
- Oliva Weaver
We thank Marietta Hausch for her photographs.