What's wrong with Liza?

A trick picture we took while waiting for the moon to come up. 

The big telescope

Inside the main observatory we got to see the 26 inch telescope and consulted a star map to Focus in on a globular cluster that took 38000 years for light to get here. 

Inside a telescope

Telescopes can use many different means to capture many different kinds of light such as X-Rays, infrared, and microwaves.  For visible light astronomers often use mirrors.  Here Lexi  is looking into the parabolic mirror of a telescope. 

Bob Starcher director of the NJ Astronomical Association shows us some telescopes

The roof slides on the smaller telescopes. This one is a trichromatic telescope. 

These are binoculars on a parallax stand for keeping the target in sight even when changing the height of the binoculars. 

The NJ Astronomical Association

After some cooling ice cream (from which Bennet's tongue turned blue) we went to the observatory for a private tour of the stars!  Here the camper campers pose in front of the Buzz Aldrin center, named after Jersey's own astronaut. 

Here is an outtake

Skipping rocks

While waiting for the sun to set we skipped rocks into he lake. Liza had a nice softball form. 

A hot soup for a hot day

Trying out some new camp stoves the campers made ramen soup for dinner. 

And enjoyed the view

Campers play in lake to cool down

Campers played with Lisa in the lake to keep cool. 

Camp campers work on first aid

Liza was the first (hilarious) victim  

We think she suffered from spongebobitis.