Observatory

Last night we did something we've both have always wanted to do. We went to, at night, to watch a meteor shower. We heard that the MSU department of astronomy sponsers monthly public touring of the observatory and set ups telescopes for public viewing. Unfortunatly, there was no meteor shower, but they did have the large telescope focused on the moon. It is really beautiful, the close up was about a mile wide view of the moon's surface, making the moutains and craters really visible. They also had a group of graduate students outside, focusing high-power telescopes on other various stars and planets. Really cool, especially the high-powered green lazer pointer they use to point into the sky ... :)

Anywho, here is a picture of the observatory and a picture of the moon's surface. :)