Virtual Star Party - June 24, 2012

By Fraser Cain - June 25, 2012 at 3:39 PM UTC | Observing

In case you missed it live, here was our Virtual Star Party for June 24, 2012. In this edition, we had live telescopes from

Gary Gonella

,

Peter Lake

and

Stuart Forman

. And we were joined by

Dr. Pamela Gay

,

Scott Lewis

and

Ray Sanders

  • hosted by

Fraser Cain

.

We had a really great night, with views of the Moon, Saturn, and Mars, as well as several deep sky objects: the Trifid Nebula, the Swan Nebula, the Lagoon Nebula, the Ring Nebula, the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules, the Sombrero Galaxy, and several others.

We hold these Virtual Star Parties every Sunday night, starting when it gets dark on the West Coast. It's the summer solstice, so we start pretty late right now, but we'll move earlier and earlier as the days get shorter.

If you want to get a reminder of the next event,

follow universetoday on YouTube

, or

circle Fraser on Google+

. We've also got a page just for the

Virtual Star Party on Google+

.

Fraser Cain

Fraser Cain

Fraser Cain is the publisher of Universe Today, founding the website in March 1999. He's also the co-host of Astronomy Cast.