While you are at a public viewing session:

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  Some of the telescope present may not belong ASEM members and may not be participating in the public viewing event.  Please ask the operators of the telescopes if they are participating in the public viewing.
  

• The telescopes and other viewing equipment you will be using are personal property provided by volunteers.  In most cases it is very expensive and difficult to repair or clean.  Please treat the equipment with respect and care.  Please comply with the operator's requests and instructions.
  
  
• You may need to use a step stool to see an object high in the sky with a large telescope.  Please do not use the telescope as a hand hold as you step up the stool.  Doing so may cause the telescope to tip and break.
  
  
• To prevent damage to equipment, please prevent children from handling equipment unless specifically asked.
  
  
• Young children will probably have difficulty both looking through and understanding what is seen in an eyepiece.
  
  
• Groups larger than ten (10) should contact ASEM in advance so we can make sure we have enough telescopes to staff the event.  Youth groups should make prior arrangements for badge requirements.  (email:  Outreach@asemonline.org)
  
  
• No running in the observing areas.  Keep children under control, especially in the dark. 
  
  
• Make sure your children are safe, both in the observing area and the parking lot.
  
  
• It's a county park, dogs must be leashed at all times.  Do clean up after your pet.
  
  
• Seating is limited.  Bring folding chairs or spread a blanket out on the grass if you plan to stay a while.
  
  
• As an outdoor activity, bugs and critters that live in the shrubbery are to be expected.  If you use bug spray, please put it on outside the viewing area.  Sprays ma y harmful to our optics.
  
  
• This activity is done in the dark and red flashlights are welcome. Please refrain from using white light flashlights, bright cell phones, and camera flashes since they will destroy the night vision of others present.
  
  
• Please, no smoking inside the telescope area.
  
  
• Please use your parking lights when you enter and exit the parking lot to preserve the night vision for the remaining guests.
  
  
• The park has public rest rooms, with no lights or running water.