Astronomy Club of Augusta
Volunteers
for stations at 20170821 Total Solar Eclipse
We
have lots to talk about. What interests
you the most?
Sign up - email Tedda.
We
will help you if you need it.
Station
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Welcome
table, registration,
Poster for Stations list & map.
Poster: List of 12 Observations for Eclipse Totality
Learn about how amateur
astronomers and astronomy clubs
can help you learn about the
heavens above.
Solar
System : poster and setup for planet distances
Solar
System outer reaches
Learn about when, why, where, and how
Eclipses occur:
Solar
plate, lunar angle/s, eclipse opportunities
Who’s speed
matters
different types of Eclipses:
Bailley’s Beads, Crescent Shadows, .
Lunar,
Partial, Total, Planetary.
Poster: each of 12 different effects of Total Solar Eclipses:
. . . .
Constellations
& stars we may see during Totality
Stellarium.
Learn about other suns (stars) in
other solar systems.
Goldilocks sweet spots for
other planets
Learn about the
suns (stars) we can see at night,
and those
beyond naked-eye viewing.
Solar
Structure
Kenneth
Beard 706-627-6529
griotogun@yahoo.com
Age and size of the sun
Contents and layers in the
sphere of the sun.
Surface of the sun and
energy explosions.
Distance of the sun from
Earth today, yesterday, and in years to come.
Coronado and Solar Cycles Poster
Observing from Space
Sweet Spots in Space: LaGrange Points
List of Spacecraft at Earth's Lagrange Points. What they study.
List of Spacecraft at the Moon's Lagrange Points. What they study.
Our Solar Spacecraft
Where they are located, what
equipment do they use,
What do they measure,
photograph, and “hear”.
Eclipse
Safety, Solar Glasses Digital cameras, CELL-PHONE CAMERAS, UV
coating http://www.digital-photo-secrets.com/tip/1797/can-i-damage-my-camera-by-pointing-it-at-the-sun/
Regular binoculars or telescopes. Learn about different types of
telescopes and solar viewing: Direct: Coronado, Solar
scopes with built in solar filters, attached solar filters, solar sunglasses, #14 welder
glass. Solar
Binoculars, Solar glasses (direct) Televue with Solar Filter (direct) Stan Howard/Shane
Sherwood Coronado
(direct)
Bruno’s Rich
Baker Coronado
(direct) Mike
Bush Welder
Glasses (direct) Virginia White Solar Scope(indirect) John White Projector
Scope Daniel White Shoe Box Projectors Loretta Wasserman 3”x5”
Card Projection (indirect) Darth Vedar Buckethead Viewers DH Solar
Scope (indirect) Ervin
Davenport Electromagnetic
Spectrum & Rainbow coloring Lunar Surface
Maria, Highlands, Far side Lunar Crust,
Interior, Revolution & Rotation Tedda
Howard Moon
phases Compare
our sun with other suns/stars in our galaxy, other galaxies. Average
size, not double/binary star, … Learn about other suns (stars) in
other solar systems. Goldilocks sweet spots for
other planets Learn about the
suns (stars) we can see at night, and those
beyond naked-eye viewing. Deep sky Light pollution. Other Storytime: Constellation Leo the Lion, Regulus, his heart, and Hercules. Tedda Howard There is No Place like Space, Polaris and the Big Dipper to the N, Vega in the NE Arcturus in the East Spica and Jupiter near Corvus
in the SE Mercury, Mars and Regulus
near the Sun in the high S, Sirius, Procyon, Castor and Pollux and Venus in
the W, and Capella to the NW. Model
& water rockets ~3:00PM Stan Howard, Kenneth
Beard, Ervin Davenport, Storytime: Regulus by
Tedda Howard, excerpts
from http://www.gods-and-monsters.com/constellation-leo-myth.html There is
a country on Earth called Greece. It is
far away, across the wide Atlantic Ocean in southern Europe. It has good weather most of the time, with
lovely breezes from the Mediterranean Sea.
It also has lots of stony, craggy hillsides, wonderful for growing grapes
and olives. Once upon
a time, long ago, the people of Greece wanted to explain their world in terms
that they could understand. So they
created many myths with gods that controlled or explained many parts of their
lives. There were also many giant
animals and super heroes. Today, we now use
more scientific explanations to understand many events in our world. We still don’t have all the answers though. Hercules
was one of those mythical heroes. Hera, Queen of the Gods had been angry with
Hercules since even before he was born and tried to destroy him, then drove him
mad and delusional. In this state,
Hercules did unspeakable things, including killing his own family. To atone/pay for his crimes, his uncle, the
King, required that he complete what he thought were 12 impossible trials, labors
or challenges. If he failed, the king
would feel superior, if he succeeded, it would rid his kingdom of some
dangerous, predatory monsters. Hercules
very first trial was to kill the enormous and powerful lion of Nemea, whose
hide is impenetrable. Hercules didn't know this however and shot the Nemean Lion with arrows, which did nothing but make it
really, really mad. Known for
his bravery, Hercules decided to make a mad dash at the Nemean
Lion rather than run away. The lion ran into its cave, which had two
entrances. Hercules blocked off one entrance. Then he rushed into the cave, hit the Lion
over the head with his club hard enough to stun it, and then proceeded to choke
it to death with his bare hands. In order
to prove his victory, Hercules was supposed to bring the pelt of the Nemean Lion back to the King. Hercules tried to cut
the pelt off the giant lion's body before realizing that it was still
impenetrable. He finally figured out
that the only thing that could cut the skin of the Nemean
Lion was its own claws. Eventually he brought the pelt back to the king, but
ended up keeping it to use as his own personal armor. Good idea. Send YOUR
story!
It is not clear whether it was Zeus or Hera, king and queen of the gods, but
most legends explain that Hera, took pity on the creature (or perhaps felt
guilty) for it getting hunted down and killed and allowed the Nemean Lion to live as the constellation Leo among the
stars. His heart still beats strongly as
the star Regulus.
Perhaps you will see it during Totality close to the darkened Sun. It looks like a backward question mark.
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from the abundance of knowledge, skill, and enthusiasm
at our local meetings and star parties.
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