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

Tue Jun 5 12:58:57 EDT 2012

I think it's a little shorter than 5 feet, but certainly in the 4-5 foot
range. See you tonight!

Best,

Elysa Corin
Morehead Planetarium and Science Center

On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Robert Nielsen <robertnielsen at nc.rr.com>wrote:

> 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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