5 December 2005

Observing Location	Pier 17, South Street Seaport
Observational Period	1730-2000 EST
Atmospheric Conditions	Clear Sky Clock graphic Last night was supposed to have been a corporate holiday party where they wanted to do some astronomy. The sky was as white as the boxes on the CSC graph and they were predicting snow. But they still wanted us to show up. We spent a couple of hours showing a few people the tops of some of the lit up buildings in lower Manhattan.
Instruments	Canon 15x50 Image Stabilized binoculars - Charlie 4" refractor - Rik 8" SCT - Barry 80mm binocular - Barry
Observing Party	Charlie Ridgway Rik Davis Barry Glover

It was interesting watching the people and how they delt with their equipment. Barry wore white lintless gloves whenever he touched his eyepieces and Rick had his collection of TeleVue eyepieces sitting out on the table where anyone could touch them.