Busy Week of Outreach!

[Unitron48]

Our Culpeper group has had a busy week of outreach. It started out with our entertaining and educating over two hundred folks at the Culpeper County Library in support of the library's solar eclipse event on 8 April. On Saturday, 13 April, we hosted a viewing session for six of the individuals I worked with before I retired.

Last night, 14 April, was also pretty special. A local symphony orchestra was holding an "Out of this World" concert devoted to space music. It included sound tracks from Star Trek, Star Wars, 2001 Space Odyssey, and Apollo 13. They requested we provide a viewing opportunity for the attendees. Unfortunately the concert was scheduled for 6:30 pm to 8 pm, providing limited viewing targets. We did provide solar and lunar viewing, which for most proved to be an exciting and rare opportunity!

Finally, on 16 April we are scheduled to support STEM night at one of the local elementary schools. Busy, busy, busy!!

Dave

[helicon]

Sounds (and looks) like a good time was had by all!

[jerrysykes]

WOW!
That's a long way from meeting once a month at the Culpeper library with an attendance of maybe 10.

[Unitron48]

WOW!
That's a long way from meeting once a month at the Culpeper library with an attendance of maybe 10.

Thanks, Jerry! You need to visit Morning Calm Observatory. Don has his 12 inch Meade SCT loaded on a Losmandy G-11T with all kinds of AP goodies!

Come on back and visit us sometime!!

Dave

[Thefatkitty]

I wish I had been there for all that; sounds like a good time! Especially the "Out of this World" concert.

Good luck with the STEM outreach as well!

All the best,

[Bigzmey]

Great outreach Dave! Solar and Lunar viewing and space music concert, I would sign up for that!

[Unitron48]

Thanks Michael, Mark, Andrey! Ours is a great hobby, meant to share!

Dave

[Lady Fraktor]

A great effort as usual Dave, hoping the STEM evening goes well.

[Unitron48]

One final addition to this thread. We completed a very successful session in support of STEM night at AG Richardson Elementary School on 16 April. We set up a table with lots of information, and a scope (my Brandon 94 on a Losmandy AZ8) outside for Solar and Lunar observing. The Sun cooperated with lots of solar sunspot activity! Overall we had about 35 adults and kids check out the sights!

Dave