[Chaos-l] An article about the Star Party

[Joseph Mack NA3T]

On Tue, 5 Mar 2013, Jayme Hanzak wrote:

> http://www.yourgv.com/index.php/lifestyle/lifestyle/7429-staunton-river-state-park-to-host-star-party-march-7-10

Has the public been invited, say on fri evening (if I 
remember, the night that green lasers are OK till 8pm)?

MASP used to have the scouts in on the friday night when it 
was held at the scout camp site.

If they haven't been invited, and someone (an officer of the 
club?) thinks it would be a good idea, I'd be happy to 
contact the local high/middle/lower school to see if 
anyone's interested. If this is OK to do, I'd be happy to 
greet them on arrival (say sunset), explain the requirements 
for safety with telescopes in the dark, let them have dinner 
at the chuck wagon (or whatever it's called here) and then 
direct them to volunteers (eg showing Abirio, Andromeda, 
Jupiter, Double Cluster) for an hour or so. I could hand out 
light wands/bracelets to the kids so they could find each 
other and to the volunteers so the kids could find them.

I haven't been to SR so I will need parking instructions, so 
that visitors can find us and later leave the park in the 
dark.

It also would be nice if the webpage above could be changed 
so that the high school people will know it really is OK to 
come. Anyone know who to contact there?

Joe

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