On Saturday July 30, we hosted a group of students from the Western Academy at the Dark Site. Western Academy is a liberal arts school that favors the sciences. There were 10 boys ranging in age from 7 to 13, two teachers, one assistant principal and 2 parents. They also brought 2 Celestron telescopes that the school owns.

The students were very interested in astronomy and knowledgeable for their age. They were at the site from 8PM to 10PM. Before sunset they were shown Jupiter, Mars and Saturn. After it got dark they were shown objects: M57, Albireo, Polaris, Dumbbell and several bright objects in the Milky Way.

I would like to thank Amelia Goldberg, Don Selle, Mike Edstrom and Stephen Jones for helping with the students.

Steve Goldberg