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Star Gaze 2003  Cloudy for this event

The 21st annual Novac Star Gaze was held on September 20th, 2003 just days after Hurricane Isabel passed through the area. Despite an overcast sky for most of the evening, 150 members of the public stopped by and 43 telescopes were on the field.

The crowd builds
Novac President Ed Karch and first lady, Laquetta Karch, set up
their binoculars for the night

Alex Lim
Alex Lim gives a presentation on astrophotography with a digital camera

 John Stewart
John Stewart informs the group about mirror grinding techniques

150mm Russian Binoculars
Zack looks through a pair of  François' 150mm Russian binoculars

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