The NAS was invited by the St Phillips Christian College to an astronomy viewing last Thursday night, members that attended were NAS president David Hough, his son Brad, Brad Le Brocque, Petro Holowinskyj and yours truly.

The weather wasn’t looking too crash hot, though it cleared up a lot there was still a thin layer of cloud around which made viewing difficult. NAS members made good with what they were given and the new Moon was viewed through a variety of telescopes (got plenty of WOW’s). NAS president David Hough did an astronomy talk in the hall for the students which by all accounts was a huge success. Members were asked a lot of questions by students while viewing and discussions on “Moon distance” and “why is there a shadow on the Moon?” could be heard….

We were fed and watered and it was simply an enjoyable evening doing what we amateur astronomers love to do -view the night sky:)