[Chaos-l] Observe the Moon night

[Ian Hewitt]

Hello Tony, Rachel,

    RAC will certainly support this event, and can provide a number of 
scopes.

Thanks. -Ian

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Ian Hewitt, N0IAN
Raleigh Astronomy Club Co-Chair
NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador
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Raleigh, NC 27614
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On 3/4/2013 6:20 PM, Tony Rice wrote:
> It's pretty far in advance but planning is already starting at the 
> museum so I wanted to get it on the club calendar and stuck in the 
> back of people's minds.  It's a great opportunity for outreach.
>
> The NC Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh is planning an 
> International Observe the Moon Night event on October 12, 2013 
> including observing on the top level of the parking deck from sunset 
> to about 9pm.
>
> We'll need a couple of scopes and capable hands out there to assist 
> the public in viewing the moon and anything else we can find 
> interesting.  Venus will be visible as well which makes for a natural 
> story to tell visitors about phasing (though Venus will be about 
> 90% illuminated at the time unfortunately and we are still about a 
> month away from seeing significant phasing from that planet).
>
> I know this comes on the heels of the star party but RAC will be 
> helping out as well and the commitment shouldn't be long about the 
> same as Jodan Lake observing sessions in support of Morehead. We can 
> work out the number of volunteers available/needed closer to the date.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Tony
>
> P.S.  There is a Mars update teleconference scheduled for March 28 for 
> Night Sky Network astronmy clubs like ours, details here:
> https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/club/news-display.cfm?News_ID=570


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