Lowell Observatory Star Party Recap

This past weekend's Lowell Observatory Star Party was a blast. For a host of reasons, my attendance at the event was limited to a few sweet hours, but... how sweet they were! We started with a handful of peeks through a 25" Obsession Dobsonian Reflector in a "goto" configuration. This was very cool! Through this beast, we got to see the wonders of the fall sky... including the Hercules Star Cluster through a Bino-Viewer (binocular). This was really impressive.
The highlight of the evening was (as expected) 90 minutes of time on the 24" Clark Refractor. This 32' tall beast was originally used by Percival Lowell to study the planet Mars. It was quite a treat... and an honor to use the same telescope as this giant of the astronomy world. Views if the red planet were simply stunning. This speaks wonders to the quality of workmanship that went into making this telescope some 110 years ago.
The accompanying shot was taken by Utah Skies member Brian Jolley using a digital camera hooked to the Clark Refractor using a ScopeTronix adaptor.