What a good group of kids–we had about 60 students and parents show up for the Short Pump Middle School skywatch. We started off in the auditorium with Madhup Rathi showed an astronomy slide show, and then we headed out behind the school to a fairly dark sky. Amazing–we could even see the big dipper eventually. We treated the kids to views of the Moon, Jupiter, Mizar and a small double star called 24 Coma Berenices, which has a very nice color contrast.
