I have contributed observing plans for a star party to use with youth in each of the four seasons. These help you work with some common constraints:
- Bright lighting (expected to be used at community events, at places such as school with property lights on)
- Young observers (Scout or school audiences)
- Early evening. I expect to use these on evenings when the Moon does not rise till later. On nights when the Moon is up you could add that; it’s a good target for kids. Because the other targets in this plan are bright, they should work acceptably in the moonlight.
They feature:
- Bright objects, easy to find and mostly also visible to the kids’ naked eyes
- Examples of the major categories of sky objects
- Fun, large, colorful objects that kids tend to appreciate more than small faint fuzzies