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

[Robert Nielsen]

No, but it does take the ability to see things ... and personally I would like to help people understand that all this light pollution is hurting our ability to enjoy the night sky.  

Why not drive the students (and visitors) another 15 minutes to Jordan Lake, where you can actually see stars?

Robert (who agrees with the urban astronomy concept, but who wants people to protect the night skies)

On Oct 18, 2011, at 11:00 PM, Tony Rice <rtphokie at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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:
>> 
>> Jayme and I (and I think Jon) did this once before.
>> 
>> Not it.
>> 
>>  But the RBC Center and parking has made the light pollution unbearable.
>> 
>> 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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