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[photo of astronomy club members at a busy booth explaining the heavens]
Terri Lappin explains how a celestial sphere works, while and Brian
O'Connell discusses the sizes of celestial systems as displayed on the handy
National Geographic poster, at very busy Tucson Festival of Books
https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/event-view.cfm?Event_ID=92233 . Photo Credit: ;
Ed Foley / Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association http://tucsonastronomy.org/
Amateur Astronomers: Global Astronomy Month is back
https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/news-display.cfm?News_ID=810 ! #GAM2018 brings ;
more astronomy fun for enthusiasts around the world. Fly Me to the Moon
https://astronomerswithoutborders.org/gam2018-news/latest-news/4149-fly-me-to-the-moon-2018-gam-theme.html
this April.
1. NSN Webinar: The Hot Spring Hypothesis for the Origin of Life on
April 25
2. You're Invited: ASP's 130th Annual Meeting: Advancing Astronomy for
All
3. Send Your Name to the Sun with the Parker Solar Probe!
4. Astronomers Needed: 9th Annual Astronomy Festival on the National
Mall
5. Featured Astronomy Outreach Resources for April
[image featuring an artist conception of a primordial hot spring]
1. NSN Webinar: The Hot Spring Hypothesis for the Origin of Life & the
Search for Life in the Universe
Join us on Wednesday, April 25, at 6:00pm Pacific / 9:00pm Eastern, when
Dr. Bruce Damer and Prof. David Deamer from NASA's Astrobiology Institute
will share the latest research into the origins of life in the universe. NSN
members can preregister for this webinar
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WZ28BVSeRqO-iXn9DF1YTw on Zoom. ;
http://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WZ28BVSeRqO-iXn9DF1YTw
In recent years, an approach to the long standing question of "how did
life begin?" has returned to Charles Darwin's original intuition of "a warm
little pond". Evidence from chemistry, geology and complexity science is
accumulating to support a beginning for life on Earth, over four billion
years ago, in fluctuating hot spring pools. Dr. Damer and Prof. Deamer will
outline their new scenario and take us out into the solar system to Mars,
Enceladus and beyond to exoplanets to address how this might inform our
search for evidence life in the universe.
NSN members can register for this webinar
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WZ28BVSeRqO-iXn9DF1YTw in advance on the ;
Zoom website. http://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WZ28BVSeRqO-iXn9DF1YTw ;
Members can also browse for more information on our speakers and topics, as
well as check out related resources for this webinar on its dedicated
outreach resource page
https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/download-view.cfm?Doc_ID=616 ;(NSN login
required).
[image of the ASP 130th meeting logo]
2. You're Invited: ASP's 130th Annual Meeting: Advancing Astronomy for All
Mark your calendars for the ASP's 130th Annual Meeting
https://www.astrosociety.org/about-us/asp-annual-meetings/asp-2018-annual-meeting/
! Join fellow astronomy educators this September 10-15 in California’s
beautiful Sonoma Wine Country for 3 days of workshops, panels, oral sessions,
poster sessions, an opening reception and dinner as well as opportunities for
extracurricular wine country tours and early workshops.
The Astronomical Society of the Pacific’s 130th Annual Meeting is a broad
science education/outreach conference featuring plenary talks/panels,
contributed workshops/sessions, and oral/poster presentations addressing a
wide range of professional work, research, and evaluation in education,
communication, and diversity in science.
Let the science education community know about the great work you're
doing! The ASP is accepting abstract submissions
https://www.astrosociety.org/about-us/asp-annual-meetings/asp-2018-annual-meeting/asp2018-abstract-submission-guidelines/
for poster papers, short orals, workshops, special interest group
discussions, share-a-thons, and two hour special sessions. The submissions
deadline is May 15.
[logo for the Parker Solar Probe Send Your Name to the Sun program]
3. Send Your Name to the Sun on the Parker Solar Probe!
You can be a part of the first mission to touch the Sun! Submit your name
http://parkersolarprobe.jhuapl.edu/The-Mission/Name-to-Sun/ and it will be ;
included in a memory card that will fly aboard the Parker Solar Probe
spacecraft. The Parker Solar Probe
http://parkersolarprobe.jhuapl.edu/index.php will plunge through the Sun's
atmosphere, closer to the surface than any spacecraft before it, and
ultimately providing humanity with the first-ever close-up view of a star You
have until April 27 to submit your name athttp://go.nasa.gov/HotTicket ;.
[photo of visitors gazing through telescopes at the National Mall]
Astronomy at the National Mall
http://www.hofstra.edu/academics/colleges/hclas/physic/physic-nationalmall.html
! Photo Credit: Donald Lubowich
4. Astronomers Needed: 9th Annual Astronomy Festival on the National Mall
Astronomy clubs are invited to participate in the free 9th Annual
Astronomy Festival on the National Mall
https://www.hofstra.edu/academics/colleges/hclas/physic/physic-nationalmall.html
(AFNM), Saturday, June 23, 6 –11 pm. Last year over 7,000 people came to
this event. It is FREE to all participants and the public. AFNM is the
largest astronomy event on the National Mall and is sponsored by Hofstra
University. Hofstra Universty will pay for parking for astronomy club members
who share their telescopes.
Join experts and educators from national science organizations,
universities, museums, astronomy clubs, and federal agencies, who will be
offering exciting hands-on demonstrations and activities, posters, banners,
videos, a planetarium show with a portable blow-up dome, plus telescopic
observations of the Sun, Moon, Saturn, and Jupiter. Scientists and educators
will answer questions about careers in science, celestial objects and events,
and the latest astronomical discoveries.
If you would like to bring your telescope and participate in outreach on
the Mall, please contact Donald.A.Lubowich@xxxxxxxxxxx
mailto:Donald.A.Lubowich@xxxxxxxxxxx with your information and any additional ;
questions you may have.
[photo of a man discussing telescopes with an audience]
Joe Khalaf discusses how a telescope gathers light at a Bring Your Own
Telescope https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/event-view.cfm?Event_ID=93321 event ;
hosted by the Houston Astronomical Society https://www.astronomyhouston.org/ ;
. Folks brought in their new telescopes and with help from HAS members became
better acquainted with their new instruments. Photo Credit: Sarah Silva
5. Featured Astronomy Outreach Resources for April
[preview thumbnail image from whats up stargazing video]
Video: What's Up for April 2018? https://youtu.be/f2svvMGSwW8
The Moon, Mars and Saturn form a pretty triangle in early April. Lyrid
meteors are visible late in the month, peaking high overhead on the 22nd.
Through a telescope, Jupiter's cloud belts and Great Red Spot are easy to
see. You can watch this video https://youtu.be/f2svvMGSwW8 ,along with many ;
others featuring the latest in NASA science, on JPL's YouTube page
https://www.youtube.com/user/JPLnews/featured ;.
[mosaic of photos featuring astronomy clubs performing outreach]
Article: How Did Astronomy Clubs Prepare Their Communities for the 2017
Solar Eclipse? https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/news-display.cfm?News_ID=791
Night Sky Network clubs helped prepare their local communities for the
total solar eclipse of August 21, 2017. Our latest article showcases some of
this incredible outreach in their own words and photos! Find out the
different ways NSN member clubs helped prepare their communities for the
solar eclipse in our featured article
http://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/news-display.cfm?News_ID=791 ;.
[Photo of a model of the moon next to the moon, both with matching phases]
Activity: Why Does the Moon Have Phases?
https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/download-view.cfm?Doc_ID=329
This fun outreach activity
https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/download-view.cfm?Doc_ID=329 gives your ;
visitors simple 3D models to help discover the science of why the Moon has
phases, and help them clear up some misconceptions about what makes its
phases change.
That's all for our member news for this month. Questions or comments? You
can reach us at nightskyinfo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
mailto:nightskyinfo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Wishing you clear, dark skies,
Vivian White, Andee Sherwood, Brian Kruse, & Dave Prosper
Night Sky Network Team
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outreach activities.
Find Clubs and Events In Apps!
[Logo for the Distant Suns app]Distant Suns
http://distantsuns.com/products/ , your personal guide to the cosmos, lists ;
Night Sky Network astronomy club star parties, safe solar gazing events, and
lectures in the main navigation bar. Distant Suns is available for Android,
Apple iOS, Kindle, and Nook.
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powerful planetarium that fits in your pocket, lists Night Sky Network
astronomy club star parties, safe solar observing events, and lectures in the
help menu. SkySafari is available for Android and Apple devices and computers.
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