Paulie...

Excellent!

We have some fun at this long overdue Moon rise party!

Heading over to the Full Moon Observation site, the expressway leading to the area was packed - Lollapalooza was in town.

Ugh...

All Astronomers managed to arrive and secure parking, setting up before the 7:37 pm rise...



Astronomers for this event will be C.A. Rich, Paulie and myself...with Maria in support crew mode.

Rich was already set-up and doing solar viewing with his off-axis filter and a crows was gathering to photograph and engage in the Astronomers...



Several Adler Telescope facilitators joined us - coming from a training session at the Doane Observatory ans stayed with us for awhile. With a clear sky and warm temps, we will have a great comfortable lunar session.

Haze along the horizon obscured the actual rise time, but eventually the Moon punched through the muck...



Attaching the camera to the 90mm...



Transferring over to the C11, I used my new MaxViewII Eyepiece in it's first actual practical use...



Switching to Tungsten white balance, the orange moon transformed to a natural silvery tone...



There is a slight darker center obstruction spot from the secondary, but slight adjustments handles it.

And our visitors enjoy scope time...





We also target Saturn for a bit, but she is sinking fast in the west now...



Seems that Lollapalooza is testing out spot lights this evening...ugh... But Saturn still delights our visitors, even if it's rather soft now.

Some group shots...



Maria and I take a few quiet moments together...



Thanks to Paulie and Rich for setting up scopes and sharing this event with sky lovers.

We had a total of 46 visitors to our Full Moon Rise session and a warm summer evening...