[cas_announce] 100 hours of Astronomy at CAS
- From: Craig Niemi <craig_niemi@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Announce CAS_ <cas_announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 05:41:09 -0700 (PDT)
The 100 Hours of Astronomy is a worldwide event consisting of a wide range of
public astronomy events.One of the key goals of 100 Hours of Astronomy is to
have as many people as possible look through a telescope as Galileo did for the
first time 400 years ago. 100 Hours of Astronomy will take place from 2-5 April
when the Moon goes from first quarter to gibbous, good phases for early evening
observing. Saturn will be the other highlight of early evening observing events.
If we can gather enough volunteers CAS would like to participate this Saturday
April 4th 8-11pm with a free public stargaze. The Moon and Saturn would be top
targets of choice but it would be ideal if each scope was trained on a
different object.
At a minimum we would need folks for the follow stations:
8" Clark
14"
16"
LX200
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Activities and a short presentations repeating over the course of the evening
would be great to have but the main emphasis of 100 hours is to get people
looking through telescopes.
If you're available please drop me a note at craig_niemi@xxxxxxxxx and we'll
get the event out to the media, scouts and local schools.
Thanks,
Craig
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