Star Gazing

   Saturday night we were invited to visit friends who are staying at the Butterfield RV Park in Benson.  It is a nice medium sized park behind the shopping center with Safeway and Ace Hardware.  In addition to the normal amenities, there is an observatory.  Several years ago the previous owner purchased the telescope and had the building constructed over it.  It is opened several nights a week for residents to enjoy. 
   It was great fun to view the heavens again.  The last time we looked up in that direction was when we volunteered at Goldendale Observatory in Washington in July 2011.  It stirred old memories of our time there.
  We looked at Venus which is in the evening sky.  That was followed by M35, the Andromeda Galaxy and finally the Orion Nebula.  It was a very good thing.

Here is the telescope.  Quite impressive for a small town.