I knew it was October 31st but I still didn’t expect all this decor when I went to the planetarium tonight. Apparently, there was a contest among the students for the best display. Personally, I’d have a hard time choosing a winner.

As for the star show, Craig Joseph, the astronomy professor at St. Pete College gave us a great tour of the sights in our current night sky. The moon is in a waxing gibbous stage with Saturn, the only planet currently visible to the naked eye, just to the left of it.

Though it was too cloudy for us to use the rooftop observatory, the star projector gave us a great view except for one dark region in the north. Craig explained that was just a burned out bulb in the aged machine that can’t be replaced. So, if anyone has a spare hundred grand lying around he’d love to upgrade the 1958 version for a modern one.

Now that I think about it, that was probably the scariest part of the whole night!