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Date: 07 Oct 2006 23:03:32
From: johnschiap
Subject: Sidewalk Astro (sort of) in Omaha
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My daughter's fifth grade science class is doing a unit on the solar
system, so I volunteered to bring a couple of solar filter equipped 'scopes
over to the school when they got to the Sun. The science teacher readily
accepted and yesterday (Friday) was the day. I had my Stellarvue Nighthawk
with a Thousand Oaks 2+ filter and Meade LXD55 SN6 with a Kendrick visual
filter and an assortment of eyepieces. I set up on the school's lawn near
the parking lot and did presentations to two classes. My daughter was the
only one who had ever looked through a "real" telescope before. Most of
the kids were really impressed, even though there were only two little
spots on the sun. A couple of kids, unsurprisingly, were nonplussed.
After talking generally about telescopes, the Omaha Astronomical Society,
the sun and spots, the kids set about drawing what they had seen. Between
class presentations, I was able to show the sun to a number of parents who
were starting to show up for afternoon dismissal. A few came over to me to
ask if there was eclipse happening. The parents were all genuinely
interested, and a few voiced the hope that I had another child in their
kid's grade so I could the same presentation for them. I heard one guy say
to his friend as they walked away, "You know, I have an old telescope in
the basement...I should dig it out..." I know this doesn't put me in
Starlord's category, but it was a lot of fun.
John
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Date: 07 Oct 2006 23:41:56
From: Starlord
Subject: Re: Sidewalk Astro (sort of) in Omaha
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Hay, I'd love to copy your post and add it to my blog under your name, I
wish the schools around here would do something like that, but if it's not
dealing with alfafa they don't care.
--
The Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond
Telescope Buyers FAQ
http://home.inreach.com/starlord
Sidewalk Astronomy
www.sidewalkastronomy.info
The Church of Eternity
http://home.inreach.com/starlord/church/Eternity.html
"johnschiap" <user@example.net > wrote in message
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> My daughter's fifth grade science class is doing a unit on the solar
> system, so I volunteered to bring a couple of solar filter equipped
> 'scopes
> over to the school when they got to the Sun. The science teacher readily
> accepted and yesterday (Friday) was the day. I had my Stellarvue
> Nighthawk
> with a Thousand Oaks 2+ filter and Meade LXD55 SN6 with a Kendrick visual
> filter and an assortment of eyepieces. I set up on the school's lawn near
> the parking lot and did presentations to two classes. My daughter was the
> only one who had ever looked through a "real" telescope before. Most of
> the kids were really impressed, even though there were only two little
> spots on the sun. A couple of kids, unsurprisingly, were nonplussed.
> After talking generally about telescopes, the Omaha Astronomical Society,
> the sun and spots, the kids set about drawing what they had seen. Between
> class presentations, I was able to show the sun to a number of parents who
> were starting to show up for afternoon dismissal. A few came over to me
> to
> ask if there was eclipse happening. The parents were all genuinely
> interested, and a few voiced the hope that I had another child in their
> kid's grade so I could the same presentation for them. I heard one guy
> say
> to his friend as they walked away, "You know, I have an old telescope in
> the basement...I should dig it out..." I know this doesn't put me in
> Starlord's category, but it was a lot of fun.
>
> John
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Date: 08 Oct 2006 10:36:06
From: johnschiap
Subject: Re: Sidewalk Astro (sort of) in Omaha
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Starlord wrote:
> Hay, I'd love to copy your post and add it to my blog under your name, I
> wish the schools around here would do something like that, but if it's not
> dealing with alfafa they don't care.
>
>
Sure, it's yours.
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Date: 08 Oct 2006 11:35:13
From: Starlord
Subject: Re: Sidewalk Astro (sort of) in Omaha
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Thanks, I'll add it to the one on my web site www.sidewalkastronomy.info in
a bit.
--
The Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond
Telescope Buyers FAQ
http://home.inreach.com/starlord
Sidewalk Astronomy
www.sidewalkastronomy.info
The Church of Eternity
http://home.inreach.com/starlord/church/Eternity.html
"johnschiap" <user@example.net > wrote in message
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> Starlord wrote:
>> Hay, I'd love to copy your post and add it to my blog under your name, I
>> wish the schools around here would do something like that, but if it's
>> not dealing with alfafa they don't care.
>>
>>
>
> Sure, it's yours.
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Date: 08 Oct 2006 12:00:23
From: Starlord
Subject: Re: Sidewalk Astro (sort of) in Omaha
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http://sidewalkastronomy.info/nucleus/
For all to read now.
Anyone else can send me their reports for posting on there.
--
The Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond
Telescope Buyers FAQ
http://home.inreach.com/starlord
Sidewalk Astronomy
www.sidewalkastronomy.info
The Church of Eternity
http://home.inreach.com/starlord/church/Eternity.html
"Starlord" <starlord@sidewalkastronomy.info > wrote in message
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> Thanks, I'll add it to the one on my web site www.sidewalkastronomy.info
> in a bit.
>
>
> --
> The Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond
>
> Telescope Buyers FAQ
> http://home.inreach.com/starlord
> Sidewalk Astronomy
> www.sidewalkastronomy.info
> The Church of Eternity
> http://home.inreach.com/starlord/church/Eternity.html
>
>
> "johnschiap" <user@example.net> wrote in message
> news:FV8Wg.2322$uJ2.189@dukeread03...
>> Starlord wrote:
>>> Hay, I'd love to copy your post and add it to my blog under your name, I
>>> wish the schools around here would do something like that, but if it's
>>> not dealing with alfafa they don't care.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Sure, it's yours.
>
>
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