Cuesta College North County campus star party

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Cuesta College Astronomy 210L students Nadia and Mary use digital cameras to take pictures through the eyepiece of one of the North County campus 8" reflectors during a North County campus star party.


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First quarter Moon (inverted), November 6, 2008, photographed with a hand-held Panasonic Lumix LZ-8 through a Meade LX200 8" reflector at Cuesta College North County campus, Paso Robles, CA.


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Cuesta College Astronomy 210L students and guests (aka "Starry Night Gangstas") during a North County campus star party.

Sights seen:
M57 (Ring Nebula)
M31 (Andromeda Galaxy)
M45 (Pleiades)
Epsilon Lyrae (The "Double-Double")
Alberio (Beta Cygni)
Vega
First quarter Moon