We had again booked our meal at the park. Tonight was country style chicken with rice and dessert. We had been assured that they would be able to feed us in time for us to leave for our final tour of the day and we did just make it although we had to take our sticky date pudding back to the van for after our observatory visit. Back to the Cosmos Observatory for a study of the night sky. The guide pointed out different constellations with a laser pointer and we also looked through the telescope at Alpha Centauri - binary star, Albireo - double star and Jewel Box - a cluster of 150 - 200 stars. Next was the planet Saturn and its rings made of ice and rock. We finished the night taking a closeup look at the full moon. You could see the surface craters caused by meteorite impacts. Ian asked our guide if he could line the telescope up to look at the Sea of Tranquillity where man landed on the moon, which he did. So our group were the only ones that got this added bonus. Well worth the visit. Back to the van after a full on day.
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