[Chaos-l] Fwd: [NC-EE] NCSU Astronomy Open House, Friday, October 28th, 7 pm

[Tony Rice]

So few people even think to look up, an open house like this is an
incredible opportunity to get a few more people to look up into the
night sky.

It doesn't take mag 8 nebulae in a 20" scope at a dark sky site to
spark a little interest in someone.

-Tony

On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 9:44 PM, Jon Stewart-Taylor
<joncst at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Hi all.  On Oct 18, 2011, at 8:55 PM, Robert Nielsen wrote:
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> Jayme and I (and I think Jon) did this once before.
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> Not it.
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>  But the RBC Center and parking has made the light pollution unbearable.
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> The map shows it as accessed through the Equestrian area of the Fairgrounds.
>  That area doesn't strike me as likely to be Dark under any circumstances,
> but if shielded from direct lighting, and when there's not an Event at the
> Fairgrounds or the Arena or the Stadium or the...
> Aw, heck.  It's an Urban Astronomy site.  Nothing wrong with that, as long
> as you have your expectations set appropriately.  It's certainly within
> reach of a lot of population, and if nothing else could yield some Light
> Pollution Teaching Moments.
> I'll probably be in either Burgaw or Altavista that weekend.
> J.
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