Here are a couple of galaxy trios observed in the last three weeks or so. Trio 15 (NGC 2513, 2510, and 2511) was pretty easy with 2513 being a direct vision galaxy and the other two held steady with averted vision. Trio 16 (IC 2375, 2377, and 2379) was a bit tougher with all three members of this tight group being averted vision galaxies.
I and three other members of the West Kentucky Amateur Astronomers did an Astronomy Night for the students, teachers, and parents of Barsanti Elementary school at Fort Campbell, Kentucky on Friday April 12th. We showed an estimated 50-60 people sunspots, the Moon, Jupiter, Mizar, the Pleiades, and the Great Orion Nebula.
Then, on April 20th, WKAA volunteers helped out with Astronomy Day festivities at Golden Pond Planetarium and Observatory, Land Between the Lakes, Kentucky. We had solar observing going on throughout the afternoon with both white light and Hydrogen alpha views. Later in the evening the clouds held off just enough to show the Moon, Jupiter, and Mizar. An estimated 200 people came through during the day and another 25-30 that evening.
