This morning was the Google I/O 2012 meeting, celebrating the first anniversary of Google unveiling Google+. At the meeting, keynote speaker Vic Gondotra talked about Google+ Hangouts -- live video chats that can have several people broadcasting, and an unlimited audience. And look what they featured for the talk: the Virtual Star Party, held every week by my friend and Universe Today founder Fraser Cain!
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Wow. You can see several regulars there too, including astronomers Pamela Gay, Gary Gonella and Mike Phillips. I didn't happen to be in that star party that night, but I participate when I can. The star party was Fraser's idea a while back, and when he came to me with it I was initially skeptical -- I've never been much of an early adopter -- but Fraser and I have a rule: "Trust Fraser". And of course he was right. We did one ...
