For exactly the hour between 7.30 and 8.30 pm, the sky cleared over Bootham, and the small select group who came along got to see a range of interesting phenomena. The lunar crater Cleomedes, just north of the Mare Crisium, all four Moons of Jupiter, as well as the north and south equatorial belts, the Pleiades star cluster, The Great Orion nebula and many lovely stars. As if by magic, the clouds slid back into place at exactly half past eight, like the safety curtain in a theatre.
This was most unexpected, and all very exciting. see you all at the next meeting I hope...
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