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

Tue Jun 5 10:33:33 EDT 2012

Any idea of the height?  5 feet?

Robert

On Jun 5, 2012, at 8:15 AM, Richard McColman <rmccolman at mindspring.com> wrote:

> Note that tall-ish mounts may be needed on the 4th floor observing deck to enable scopes to track the transit closer towards the horizon, given that the deck's safety wall is a bit on the high side.
> 
> Richard McColman
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: "Sayle, Amy E" 
> Sent: Jun 4, 2012 3:58 PM 
> To: "raleighastro at yahoogroups.com" , "chaos-l at rtpnet.org" 
> Subject: Re: [Chaos-l] Morehead Planetarium, Transit of Venus event, Tues June 5, 5:30-8:30 pm 
> 
> Hi, all -
> 
> I've just learned that -- weather permitting -- viewing of the transit on the Morehead Observatory 4th floor deck will be possible quite a bit past 8 p.m. ...to ~8:20.  
> 
> There's still space for a few more scopes to set up on the deck (and by the sundial/ parking lot) for those who would enjoy providing views and interpretation for the public -- please let me and Mickey Jo Sorrell (sorrell at email.unc.edu) know very soon, if you're interested.
> 
> Based on the number of phone calls to Morehead today, we are expecting lots of people tomorrow!   http://www.moreheadplanetarium.org/ 
> 
> Amy
> 
> p.s. To see the view tomorrow from a webcam on the Morehead scope, go to:  http://skynet.unc.edu/tov/ and look at the left side of the page  (it's just in testing mode now)
> From: raleighastro at yahoogroups.com [raleighastro at yahoogroups.com] on behalf of Sayle, Amy E [sayle at email.unc.edu]
> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 11:24 AM
> To: raleighastro at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [raleighastro] Morehead Planetarium, Transit of Venus event, Tues June 5, 5:30-8:30 pm
> 
>  
> Hi, Doug -
> 
> We'll ask volunteers to set up scopes in one of two places:
> 
> 1) In front of our building -- at the eastern end of the sundial or eastern sidewalk of parking lot. 
> Sight lines permit viewing till 7 or 7:30 p.m. depending on exact placement of the scope.  Volunteers needing to leave <8 p.m. will be asked to set up here.
> 
> 2) 4th floor observing deck.
> Viewing possible till 8 p.m. Even from this vantage point, there are too many tall trees downtown to permit viewing all the way to 8:30 sunset.
> 
> Amy
> http://moreheadplanetarium.org/ 
> 
> From: raleighastro at yahoogroups.com [raleighastro at yahoogroups.com] on behalf of Doug Lively [douglively919 at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 11:02 AM
> To: raleighastro at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [raleighastro] Morehead Planetarium, Transit of Venus event, Tues June 5, 5:30-8:30 pm
> 
>  
> Amy,
> Where would you place the scopes and would the astronomers have visibility until the ~8:28PM sunset?
>  
> Regards,
> Doug
> RAC Co-chairman
> 
> From: "Sayle, Amy E" <sayle at email.unc.edu>
> To: "chaos-l at rtpnet.org" <chaos-l at rtpnet.org>; "raleighastro at yahoogroups.com" <raleighastro at yahoogroups.com> 
> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 4:00 PM
> Subject: [raleighastro] Morehead Planetarium, Transit of Venus event, Tues June 5, 5:30-8:30 pm
> 
>  
> 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).
>  
> 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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