tech trek

Supported the Tech Trek on Tuesday night.  The sky was awful, with a few gauzy sucker holes, but it was enough to show the moon, Jupiter, Saturn (briefly) and some other things.  One of the students helped my collimate my 10" travel scope, and she learned quickly how to point it and find objects.  She spent the dusk looking at the moon on her own, then ran the scope when the other students arrived.  Later in the night I was able to find the Ring Nebula (amazing considering the conditions!), M4 -- which was a little too faint for most to see, and M13.  Stayed until 11pm.  Clara accompanied me, but she was bored -- next time I'll bring a scope for her to run on her own.