On the evening of February 27th, the Nicaraguan Amateur Astronomers Society (ANASA for its name in Spanish) conducted the event "Beauty without Borders: An Evening with Venus" at several places in Managua, Nicaragua.
The main observation site was Galerias Santo Domingo Mall. Adelmo Sandino, Luis Rivas and Julio Vannini installed 2 newtonian reflector telescopes and aimed them toward the Moon and Venus. At first, both scopes were setup to their lowest magnification in order to capture
both the Moon and Venus inside the same field of view, allowing the observers to notice the shapes of the Moon and Venus at the same time.
The public crowded around the telescopes lined up in order to get their chance to gaze inside the telescopes.
Moments later, each telescope aimed toward the Moon and Venus separately so the crowd could see in better detail the shapes and surface features in the Moon and the Waxing Crescent in Venus.
Exclamations of woe and surprise were heard among the people that by first time watched such images live!
We experienced a remarkable surprise when we realized the presence of several astronomers from the Southern Cross Astronomical Society from the U.S.A. After exchanging several impressions and contact information, our new friends from SCAS left the place, carrying with
them a copy of the Astronomical Calendar for Nicaragua.
In the mean time, Dr. Rene Urroz took his camera and shot many beautiful images for the Moon and Venus.
Julio Vannini
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