Come one come all, young and old, to [/b] Astronomy Day 2010 on April 24th 2010 from 1 pm to 10 pm EDT. In Cocoa, Florida It is being held by (BCC) Brevard Community College & (BAS) Brevard Astronomical Society. Kid Activities, Telescope Lectures, movies, will be held indoors in the Planetarium & Observatory building. Don't forget to visit the 24" dome telescope on the 3rd floor, BAS wil have all types of telescopes set up during the day for Solar observing, and then at night we will have our Star Party. We had over 400 persons last year! So if you are in the area, Please come by! You'll be glad you did! Hope to see you there! more info go to www.brevardcc.edu/planet
This years Mims Science Fair Star Party took place at the rear of the school on the Parking Lot, The Skies were Blue and clear, not one cloud in the sky, Temperature in the mid 50's and the Moon was looking oh so nice. What made it even better for observing, Dan Bell the point of contact for Mims had all the Parking lights turned OFF, The Moon shine was just right, you could easily make out where all the scopes and tripods were at, with no fear of tripping in the dark. The students, parents and teachers really enjoyed gazing at different objects through our telescopes. With the Moon putting on a great show, Mars was beaming, as was the Star Sirius. We helped Cathy a teacher from Mims set up a couple of beginner telescopes, the school district bought for them. Everyone got a chance to see the Moon from different size scopes and Ann had her binocular observing chair there too. We used green lasers to point out different constellations, The laser is always a crowd favorite. It was good to hear the kids as well as adults say the famous word "WOW" and how cool Is that? You never get tried of hearing the oohs and ahhha, They even fed us hot Dogs, hamburgers, and drinks. They took very good care of the BAS volunteers. I want to thank the following persons that helped out at the Star Party. without them this would not be possible. Mr. Wyck, Rory Duncan, Roy Uyematsu, Ann Micklos, Brad Bryon, and Cathy, If I missed any body, please forgive me, I was to busy at my telescope. The Star Party ended at 8:30 pm. I took a few pictures of BAS members setting up scopes, and kids looking through my telescope, If any body else took some pictures, please share them with the members. Thank You so much for your support! Oscar BAS Out Reach Coordinator.
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