[Chaos-l] Tuesday night at Morehead Sundial
Robert Nielsen
robertnielsen at nc.rr.com
Tue Oct 23 12:51:50 EDT 2007
Mickey Jo,
I will be there. Anyone else from CHAOS available for a
light-polluted observing session? (Trust me, these folks will
probably be very interested in seeing the moon and such tonight!)
Robert
At 01:03 PM 10/22/2007, you wrote:
>Anyone interested in a small observing session at the Morehead Sundial
>at 8 pm on Tuesday night?
>We'll pull out a couple of our scopes and the group is only about 30, so
>if you can't make it we'll be okay.
>Or you're welcome to just drop by.
>
>You should be alert to the following ISS pass as well.
>
>"High ISS pass Tuesday 7:22-7:27 pm, NW to SE
>magnitude -2.5
>less than 1 hour after sunset with a bright moon, but still oughta to be
>a good one!"
>
>http://heavens-above.com/PassDetails.asp?lat=35.913&lng=-79.056&loc=Chapel+Hill&alt=151&tz=EST&satid=25544&date=39378.9761600116
>
>
>
>Discovery space shuttle may launch Tuesday late morning, headed to ISS.
>
>Here's another announcement about the evening:
>
>UNC-Chapel Hill faculty member Dan Reichart will speak to educators on
>Tuesday, Oct. 23, beginning at 7 p.m. in the Banquet Hall of Morehead
>Planetarium and Science Center. His presentation is part of the national
>"Astronomy from the Ground Up" (AFGU) program and will focus on
>astronomy research that is applicable to informal science education
>(especially museums, science centers, etc.).
>
>Although most of the AFGU program is limited to official delegates, Dr.
>Reichart's presentation is open to the public. No registration is
>necessary, and admission to this presentation is free.
>
>If you're interested in learning more about AFGU, visit
>www.astrosociety.org/afgu/
><%E2%80%9Dhttp://www.astrosociety.org/afgu/%E2%80%9D>. AFGU is funded in
>part by a grant from the National Science Foundation.
>
>The title of Dan's talk is "UNC-Chapel Hill's Gamma-Ray Burst Program
>and Discovery of the Most Distant Explosion in the Universe"
>
>Mickey
>
>--
>
>Mickey Jo Sorrell
>Planetarium Educator
>Morehead Planetarium & Science Center
>CB #3480
>University of North Carolina
>Chapel Hill, NC 27599
>919-962-3300
>
>
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