August 2017

This month we had a planetarium show at Sierra college
presented by Prof. David Dunn.
The big event, however, was the Partial Polar Eclipse on August 21st.
We had seven telescopes set up behind the OC Lodge and somewhere around 500
people came out for this very special occasion.

Thanks to Carla LaFave for the photos

Solar Eclipse Page 1        Solar Eclipse Page 2

Some of our resident Solar Eclipse fans	Carol and Al Witten
Nina Mazzo with her moon ears	Nina Mazzo
Nina helping a resident get a picture of the eclipse	This is where you look
Enjoying the view	Al getting set up
Ron Yelton chatting with his neighbor Tom	Ron at his telescope
	Video clip of the crowd at the eclipse
Bob Fields and Barbara Swerdlow	Bob Collins
Nina Mazzo and John Combes	Carol Witten
Al Witten	LOVE the glasses
Bob	Barbara
Ron Yelton and his neighbor Tom	Carla (with the sign)
Getting ready	Ron Olson (left) - Liz French and Chuck Tyler (right)
	A pin-hole method of safely watching the eclipse