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Updates coming soon.
Thank you for
Volunteering
Here is what we need:
IOMN = International Observe the Moon Night
Help on Sept. 15, 5PM, NMR-DSO
Bring lunar
posters for the display boards
Bring large
ACA labels to show.
Photocopy outline of lunar maria - GS?
Label and discuss 11 major visible maria, and other lunar locations
(Tycho, Copernicus, Kepler,
Aristarchus, Grimaldi,
Aristoteles, Eudoxus,
Hipparchus, Albategnius, Maurolycus,
Piccolomini, Theophilus, Fracastorius)
Prize table: S&T
(6:00PM: Officers' Meeting)
6:30PM: Light Supper for all: Club/John, S&T,
7:00PM: Demonstration and Admiration of Volunteer effort
7:10 PM: Star Gaze
Help on Sept. 22, Sat. 5-10PM, RPSEC
Be there!
Wear ACA polo
shirt &/or large ACA label
Bring
binoculars, telescopes, more posters, labels, prizes,
Help unload,
set up posts, boards, staple posters, tape labels, reload
Be prepared to
discuss one of maria and
associated landmarks
Prize table: Stickers, fake tatoos, bookmarks, photos, posters –S&T
Light supper
for volunteers: GS? MD,
Provide
hotdogs, condiments, veggie tray, & soft drinks for volunteers
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SEED = Science Education Enrichment Day
Help on Sept. 15, 5PM, NMR-DSO
Bring posters for SEED Bulletin Boards
Supply paint & paint brushes
Bring & paint:
Sm styrofoam
ball for the Moon, ExLarge ball for the Moon,
Med styrofoam
ball for Mercury, Venus, Pluto, Vesta, Ceres
Lg styrofoam
ball for Earth, Mars, Uranus, Neptune
Label planet/asteroid signs - bring big black
markers,
Bring boxes (~10x10x32") for more DarthVader indirect solar viewers, Paint & label boxes
Bring Solarscope
–DH, MN?
4 Framed Welder glass #14 -JW, +
Help on October 13, Sat. 9AM-3PM, RPSEC
Be there!
Help set up, Help
clean up
Bring Solarscopes, spectroscopes, welder glass –DH, JW, +
DAWN Mission
Take off, Ion Propulsion, Mars Gravity
Assist, Vesta, Ceres,
Rainbow Colors/EMS: G&S,
Bubbles:
Prizes: Stickers, fake tatoos, bookmarks, photos, posters,
What two new important facts did the DAWN
2.
Be there!
http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/dawn_fact_sheet.pdf
http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Vesta.aspx
http://www.space.com/12097-vesta-asteroid-facts-solar-system.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4_Vesta
ACA
Astronomy Club of
https://www.angelfire.com/ga/astronomyclubaugusta
