Tonight we visited the McDonald observatory for one of their Star Parties. Unfortunately, we are sitting in a thick cloud so instead of viewing stars through a telescope we listened to talks. We learned quite a but but between listening we were taking turns entertaining Ella and making sure she was being too loud.
Checking out the gallery
The photos that they have are so amazing
Listening to star talk
Tool to help us see visible light spectrum of different types of gas lights
A full spectrum
Depart: 8
Arrived: 3
States- New Mexico to Texas
Animals- cows and birds
Highways- 10-90-505-117-118
Weather- cold 25-48 😊
sunny around El Paso and thick fog in the Davis Mountains where we are camping
Highlights-
Arlene- seeing Mexico again, although it was a stark contrast to our side of the river. El Paso had nice new stores, roads and homes but just on the other side was a clear image of poverty. The Texas scenery along 90 and 117 was beautiful. I also enjoyed learning a few things tonight at the observatory. Like m42 is a nebula where stars are born!
Jason- spending time with us
Ella- seeing the lights at the observatory
Gordo- finding a yummy morsal of something to eat at the campground
Early morning riser!
