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Flatiron Community Park Planet Party 01-Sep-2018

Flatiron Community Park Planet Party 01-Sep-2018 in Apache Junction, AZ

An infrequent opportunity to witness 4 planets along the ecliptic:
Venus in the west, Jupiter in the southwest, Saturn towards the south and Mars rising in the southeast.

Photos courtesy Bill Dellinges, amateur astronomer extraordinaire, Apache Jnction, Arizona.
Long time member and Pinal County IDA Section Leader with what appears to be a 5inch Maksutov Cassegrain telescope (MCT). In the backgroound, Bill Frazer, another long-time member, with his Meade 8 SCT.
Keith Krueger with MCT

Long time member and Pinal County IDA Section Leader with what appears to be a 5inch Maksutov Cassegrain telescope (MCT).

In the backgroound, Bill Frazer, another long-time member, with his Meade 8" SCT.

 Kathleen Audette with new Sky-Watcher AZ-GTi mount and ES102 refractor
Kathleen Audette with new Sky-Watcher AZ-GTi mount and ES102 refractor		 Grant Klassen (l) and Kathleen
Grant Klassen (l) and Kathleen		 Bill Shaheen (r) with an unknown onlooker
Bill Shaheen (r) with an unknown onlooker		 Bill (again) setting up his NexStar 8SE
Bill (again) setting up his NexStar 8SE
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