TENNESSEE SPRING STAR PARTY - Jim Colyer

Karen and I went to the Tennessee Spring Star Party, April 1-2, 2006, at Fall Creek Falls State Park. We sat with other star gazers and worked out the spring constellations. Frogs croaked and made hideous noises. A guy had his telescope set up and was showing galaxies from the Coma Berenices cluster on a screen in the rear of his vehicle. The technology was futuristic. He showed the Whirlpool galaxy live. It was like an image from a magazine, large and detailed. We talked about the chances of life elsewhere in the universe.
JIM COLYER