Star Party!

Damascus is lucky to be home to a great telescope store, Hands On Optics. The owner and his amateur astronomer friends were gracious hosts to us, pack 1438, and Boy Scout troop 445 at a Star Party. We and a hundred of our closest friends got to see the Moon, Saturn, and the Great Orion Nebula through some great telescopes (and some high clouds). The Knights of Columbus provided hot chocolate and donuts to keep us going, and the Damascus Gazette even sent a reporter!