点评:Our tour was on September 8th, which was after the peak tourist season. Consequently, there weren't enough visitors to justify having more than one ranger on duty. Seth ran the entire show himself, which entailed pointing the telescopes, swapping out eyepieces, helping people get up and down the ladders, helping people with the focus adjustments, setting up the hot drinks, and giving the halftime presentation. He was very busy but did a good job. Unfortunately, because we only had Seth, we were limited to using the two go-to telescopes. We would have needed a second ranger if we had wanted to set up and look through one of the many Dobsonians that are shown on the website. We had a perfect night for stargazing - no moon, no clouds, no wind, and low humidity. Seth cheerfully answered all our questions, and he stayed up late with us for some premium one-on-one time after everyone else got cold and tired. I wish we had done more to prepare for our experience by studying up on the features that we would be viewing.
翻译:我们的参观安排在9月8日,那时已经过了旅游旺季。因此,游客数量不足以需要安排多名护林员值班。整个活动都是由塞斯一人负责的:他负责调整望远镜、更换目镜、帮助游客上下梯子、协助他们进行对焦操作、准备热饮,还做了中场讲解。他忙得不可开交,但表现得相当出色。遗憾的是,由于只有塞斯一个人……我们只能使用那两台常用的望远镜。如果我们想架设并观测网站上展示的众多多布森望远镜中的任意一台,就需要再有一名引导员协助。那是个绝佳的观星之夜——没有月亮,没有云层,无风且湿度很低。赛斯愉快地回答了我们的所有问题;在其他人都觉得寒冷又疲惫之后,他还留下来陪我们,让我们享受了一段难得的单独相处时光。真希望我们能事先多做些准备,研究一下我们将要观看的那些特性。