Astronomy Club of Augusta
2016-2017
SEED Information
October 01, 2016, Saturday, 10AM - 3PM
set up & registration, 8:00-10AM
If you came to this webpage and would like to volunteer, but are not listed below,
please
email me.
Volunteers
AJT S, MadisonT S, TeddaH M, KathyL M, HelenM M, JerryF M,
LaurenT L, KennethB L, VictorL L, SteveM L, VinayK L, CasselS L, JasmineW L,
RonF XL, StanH XL, JohnW XL, ShaneS XL, AishuK XL
ErvinD 2X, MarkMof 2X, CourtneyM 2X, MorrisM 3X,
YOU ?
We need 7 MORE volunteers!
We need 1 more metal T-post pounder.
Please
email.
Fri. 10AM Load the truck: Stan, Tedda
Sat. 8:00AM
1. Set up at RPSEC: Stan, Tedda, with help from ALL members.
2.a. Info Boards: StanH, KennethB, ErvinD, ShaneS, CasselS, AishuK, JasmineW, (strong arms, string tie-ers),
b. Solar system set up: above
3. Welcome and Registration: HelenM, AishuK,
4. EM Spectrum & Rainbow colors: CasselS, CourtneyM,
5. Bubbles: LaurenT, AJT, MadisonT
6. Coronados: RonF, VinayK, ErvinD,
7. Scopes with mylar solar filter: ACA Televue: , ______
8. Welder Glass viewers: MorrisM,
9. Telescope on Jupiter model: MorrisM,
10. SolarScope 1: JohnW, MarkM,
DH Solarscope: MaryglennB
Darth Vader Bucket Head Viewers: JasmineW, MichaelA,
11. DAWN MISSION Tour Guides:
Earth: KennethB,
Ion Propulsion: StanH,
Mars: ShaneS,
Vesta: VictorL
Ceres: KathyL
12. NEW HORIZONS Guides: Journey: CasselS, Pluto: SteveM,
13. Lunch distribution: TeddaH, AJT,
14. Pics/Video: 8:30-9:30AM StanH,
15. 2:45PM Load/Clean up: Everyone. Thank you!
Thank you for volunteering for SEED again this year. It is a great experience.
We can assure first timers that at the end you will feel tired, but rewarded!
Please bring your sun, solarscope, spectroscope, solar viewers, and other solar projects.
Please help load the pm (papier mache) Planets and Asteroids.
We will mount them along the road according to relative distance, or at your station.
If you have posters or information
that we can put on our Solar Astronomy bulletin board
(plenty of room!),
please let us know,
and bring it/them with you, or to our meetings beforehand.
Thanks for being involved!
Stan Howard
VP Observing
Here are some suggestions to help everyone:
Take care of yourself with HAT, sun block, long sleeve shirt, pants or long skirt,
Bring your equipment, project, etc. - anything about the sun! and/or The DAWN Mission
Come early: We will be here at 8:00AM to
set up equipment, pass out free t-shirts and ID tags, set up posters, get organized.
You will also get a Free Lunch.
Please come and help.
Thank you.
PS: Our Trivia Question last year:
What are three propulsion sources used in outer space by the
DAWN Mission spacecraft or the New Horizons spacecraft?
Answer:
1. Gravity Assist (Slingshot), 2. Ion Propulsion, 3. Hydrazine(chemical rocket).
Ion propulsion makes efficient use of the onboard fuel
by accelerating it to a velocity ten times that of chemical rockets.
This efficiency is measured in terms of the specific impulse of the fuel (Isp).
- See more at: http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/ion_prop.asp#sthash.3QCszH9X.dpuf
Ion thrusters create very low levels of thrust compared to conventional chemical rockets
but achieve very high specific impulse, or propellant mass efficiencies,
by accelerating their exhausts to very high speed.
PS: Our Trivia Questions this year: 2016
A. What are the 4 requirements for a DWARF PLANET?
B. Name the 5 dwarf planets accepted by the IAU, in order.
C. Where are we searching for more?
Answer:
A. The IAU defines a "dwarf planet" as a celestial body that
1. is in orbit around the Sun,
2. has sufficient mass for its gravity to form a nearly round shape,
3. has NOT cleared the neighborhood around its orbit, and
4. is not a satellite.
All other objects orbiting the Sun, except planets and satellites,
shall be referred to collectively as "Small Solar System Bodies."
B. The IAU has declared 5 to be dwarf planets: Ceres, Pluto, Haumea, Makemake, Eris (the largest).
Brown currently identifies eleven known objects—the five accepted by the IAU plus
2007 OR10, Quaoar, Sedna, Orcus, (307261) 2002 MS4 and Salacia—as "virtually certain",
with another dozen highly likely, and possibly >10,000 beyond the Kuiper Belt.
C. The Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud.
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