A #starparty for the #100Hours of the #IYA2009 gets going in Sankt Augustin, Rhein-Sieg County, Germany: Local amateur astronomers had brought a whopping 15 telescopes!

Obviously a very "official" #IYA2009 telescope at the #100Hours #starparty this evening in Sankt Augustin, Germany!

More of the 15 telescopes at the #100Hours #IYA2009 #starparty in Sankt Augustin, Germany: They were largely pointing at the Moon as the clouds were covering Saturn for a long time (and then the Moon as well).

With the #100Hours #IYA2009 #starparty in Sankt Augustin clouded out for a while, organizer Paul Hombach entertained the crowd with space-based planet images from the digital vault.

A final view of the #100Hours #IYA2009 #starparty in Sankt Augustin, Germany, where young children (entertained here by Georg Dittié) had been the most enthusiastic 'customers', despite long spells of clouds. Many more pictures from this event will follow