[AZ-Observing] Re: astro advice needed

Stan,

Can't help you out with the scope situation, but I do have a downloadable
2-page document on light pollution that's been published in several
newspapers.  Having been written for the newspaper, it's at a technical
level students would easily grasp.  The title is "The Top 10 Reasons for Not
Installing a Dusk-to-Dawn Mercury Vapor Yard Light" but it's about light
pollution in general.  If you go to our website at:

http://www.dfacaz.org/light.html

you'll find the link to both a MS Word (badlight.doc) and PDF (badlight.pdf)
version of the document near the bottom of the page.  This is provided
copyright free, and you may print and distribute it freely.  Good luck with
your student program!  I totally agree about "reaching them when they're
still young."

Dan Heim
President
Desert Foothills Astronomy Club

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Subject: [AZ-Observing] astro advice needed


> Looking for advice...
> I have the new opportunity of including 6 weeks or so of astronomy into my
middle school classes in the fall.?? I'd like to include some observational
component along with the textbook material (after all, we live in Az
right?).?? So two things... 1.)? In your experience, is there a topic you
would consider a "must cover" in my? few weeks of classes that may or may
not be in the standard textbook materials (for example: urban light
pollution-- not at all mentioned in the texts);?  and,? 2.)? I have a 12.5"
Orion dob with Dob Driver II that I can no longer transport in my small
car.? Although I've had many a great star party with it over the years (in
fact EVAC still had a picture of it in the gallery last time I looked) I
would love to parlay or trade it for one or two small dobs (6") that the
students could easily use and transport.? I have a couple equatorial mounted
units that require too much fiddling for their skill level and attention
span.? I would love it if even a co
>  uple students came away with a fascination for astronomy-- many of us can
remember a key experience when we were young that planted a seed-- for me it
was looking through a scope and seeing Saturn for the first time one cold
October night when we were out trick-or-treating in the neighborhood as
kids.
> Thanks for any input you may have!
>
> SF

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