[Chaos-l] Observing session plenty

[Allen Davis]

I definitely think it is important to share the sky.  Astronomy, to me, is one area these days where there is still a great deal of ignorance and mystery.  The mystery is fine, as it makes discovery fun, but I still encounter people who wonder why the stars don’t go in front of the moon and such.  (Really).  Most people have never had the opportunity to look through  a decent scope.  When they do, they are amazed and you never know what doors have been opened.  But most of you know this of course.

 

I was growing up when the Apollo missions were a BIG deal and I think that has a lot to do with my continued interest in astronomy and science.  I don’t know that the same degree of excitement has resulted from the Shuttle missions or robotic/science based astronomy.  Going to the moon was definitely one of the biggest things when I was 7 years old in 1969.

 

So I always try to share with others when I can.  Often I find the kids do know more than the parents!

 

But I agree Jayme, please go out and share regardless of where you do it.  allen

 

From: chaos-l-bounces at rtpnet.org [mailto:chaos-l-bounces at rtpnet.org] On Behalf Of Jayme Hanzak
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2011 12:32 PM
To: chaos
Subject: [Chaos-l] Observing session plenty

 

Hello everyone,

 

We have two observing sessions this Friday, April 29th. Now that's what I call outreach.

One is at Medoc Mountain. This is a very nice site to observe with dark skies. Robert Nielsen

and Allen Davis are the contacts for this session. There have been several postings on the serv.

 

Our other session is much closer here at Little River Park in northern Durham. This is a nice park to 

observe with plenty of open sky. We are assisting Morehead Planetarium with this one. The skies should 

be nice and dark. 

 

So let's dust off our telescopes and head out to show the masses the heavens above. They're just to 

awesome not to share. Pick an observing session and have a great time.

 

Clear Skies!



Jayme Hanzak
CHAOS President

CHAOS 
P.O. Box 3001
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-0842
http://www.rtpnet.org/chaos/

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