That’s awesome. There were 152 people observed the moon through my telescope during the International Sidewalk Astronomy Night held at Kluang Parade (Kluang, Johor, Malaysia) on 26 May 2007. 4 of my astronomy club members showed up to help answering the public’s question. The event started from 1945 to 2200.
Why was the moon the only object observed? The sidewalk was actually cancelled due to the bad weather but it turned out to be just okay around 1930. So, it’s the below average atmospheric condition. Second, it’s the Kluang Parade and other tall buildings around that blocked the spectacular Jupiter and Saturn. The public were quite unfortunate.
It’s really fun to hold public outreach as it’s really rewarding when you are able to satisfy the hunger of people to know more about astronomy. It’s even more fun that you are able to hook people to be an amateur astronomer.
Hey wait, where is the photo? I am so sorry that I was too busy explaning to the public and forgot to take out my camera from my pocket…
The Moon on the date is almost full and it’s easy to be observed as it reflect much more light from the Sun. However, I got a comment/suggestion from my friend said that don’t keep on eye in the telescope to observe the Moon more than 30 seconds, as the Moon reflects a relatively high percentage of sun rays, especially when the Full Moon.
Best regards.
Actually it’s ok to observe the full moon without any filter and you can view it up to hours. The only reason that we don’t suggest people to look at the full moon is basically the contrast. When moon is full, the contrast is at the lowest. The bright part is bright but the dark part is bright also.
Moon also absorbs a high percentage of ultra violet rays. I forgot how many times the moon is darker than the sun but all I know is moon is no harm to our eyes.