After quite a nice Friday evening (May 6) for Sidewalk Astronomy, Saturday May 7 proved to be a major bust for astronomical viewing.
Larry Wood set up on The Promenade on Sunday May 8, and reported:
“Wow what a great evening last night. I set up at about 8:00 p.m. so I could do a little repair to the equipment. By the time I had finished quite a crowd had gathered to get a look at the Moon that was high overhead. We had to wait for several minutes for the cloud in the area of the Moon to dissipate but it soon obliged. The 25 or so who had waited were thrilled they had stayed. Some even called friends to come have a look. I had one lady who stayed most of the night. She remembered me from a Winter light presentation at Elk Island last year. I was busy for the rest of the evening with a steady stream of visitor. Some returned a couple of times especially later to see Saturn which took some time to show itself before the cloud covering it began to disperse and at 250x the view was great.
Bruce McCurdy showed up at about 10:30 to have a look and I had a young couple from South America — she from Columbia and he from Ecuador I believe. There was another fellow from Croatia who stayed till the end when I packed up at 11:30. Probably had 75 visitors during the evening.”