[Chaos-l] Morehead Planetarium, Transit of Venus event, Tues June 5, 5:30-8:30 pm

[Sayle, Amy E]

Dear CHAOS and RAC members,

Hi, two things about the transit of Venus:

1) Are you, or someone you know, still looking for a place to view the transit of Venus on June 5?

We would love to have you—and your friends and families—join us at Morehead Planetarium and Science Center:
  250 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill (please note: This is at our building--we will not be at Jordan Lake.)
  Tuesday, June 5, 5:30-8:30 p.m.
  Rain or shine, since most activities are not weather dependent.
  FREE.

In addition to safe solar viewing (via telescopes, webcam/internet, and “eclipse glasses”), we’ll have:
 - live planetarium shows about the transit, every half hour
 - science presentations by NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassadors Mike Malaska and Tony Rice
 - tours of Morehead Observatory
 - hands-on activity stations (make a sundial, take a planet walk, design a sun mask, create a planet, participate in a planet-hunting citizen science project, draw your changing shadow, experiment with UV beads, and more).

More info here:
http://www.moreheadplanetarium.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=news_item&id=665

2) A big THANK YOU to the CHAOS and RAC members who are volunteering with the Morehead event!  So far, I've got on my list that these folks are bringing telescopes:
  Bill Cramer (sp?)
  Mark Montazer
  Robert Nielsen
  Jack Roach
  (maybe?) Phil Suitt

I may be forgetting someone(s)…please let me know if I did.

And if anyone else has a solar telescope, or can outfit your scope with a proper solar filter, and you would like to volunteer to help the Morehead public outreach event, please contact me and Mickey Jo Sorrell (sorrell at email.unc.edu<mailto:sorrell at email.unc.edu>).

We’ll ask you to set up either outside the building (sight lines permit viewing till 7-7:30 p.m.) or on the 4th floor observing deck (viewing possible as late as 8 p.m. – all of this weather permitting of course).  We’ll provide parking coupons for telescope volunteers so that you can exit the Morehead lot without paying.

Thanks, and hope to see you on June 5th!

Amy Sayle
Morehead Planetarium and Science Center
(and CHAOS and RAC member)
(919) 843-4129
sayle at unc.edu
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