Hi List, Looking over the schedule for Astronomy Days, I see there's more...
Duke University is going to have a meteorite exhibit and Nick Gessler has a presentation - How to Identify and Find a Meteorite Nicholas Gessler, PhD, Duke University Here is part of the schedule. Saturday 10:30 am How to Identify and Find a Meteorite Nicholas Gessler, PhD, Duke University Windows on the World, 3rd floor 11:00 am Comets: Visitors from Deep Space Tony Rice, NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador Auditorium, 1st floor 11:30 am Dissecting the Moore County Meteorite, Piece by Piece Dr. Chris Tacker, Curator of Geology, NC Museum of Natural Sciences SECU Daily Planet Theater, NRC 1:00 pm Life in the Solar System … and Beyond? Dr. Rachel L. Smith, Director of Astronomy & Astrophysics, NC Museum of Natural Sciences SECU Daily Planet Theater, NRC You can see the whole schedule here: http://naturalsciences.org/programs-events/astronomy-days-2 Hope you can make it. On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 2:27 PM, J Sinclair <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi List, > > Next weekend the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh > will have their annual Astronomy event - Astronomy Days 2014 > > Their are over 100 meteorites on display and the new Chelyabinsk > meteorite exhibit will be featured. > > Dr. Chris Tacker, our Curator of Geology will give a presentation on > the Moore County, NC Eucrite that fell in 1913 and Dr. Rachel Smith, > Director of Astronomy and Astrophysics will give a talk on "Life in > the Solar System and Beyond? " There are many other good presentations > throughout the weekend. > > NASA had a big presence last year and I expect them to be all over the > Museum again this year. > > This is a great event in a wonderful big museum and it's all FREE.. > > I'll be at the meteorite exhibit, "Postcards from Space" along with > Don Cline and others from the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute > most of the day on Saturday and Sunday. > > Stop by and say hello if you can and check out this great event. > > http://naturalsciences.org/ > http://naturalsciences.org/nature-research-center > > Cheers, > John > > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > > Science, Education, Features Editors. Image available upon request. > Contact: [email protected]; 919.707.9837 > > Astronomy Days 2014: Celebrating Comets, Meteorites, and MORE! > > See a piece of the asteroid that exploded over Russia, meet a > US-trained Russian Cosmonaut-Candidate, take a picture in an > astronaut’s uniform > > > RALEIGH – It’s up, up and away at the North Carolina Museum of Natural > Sciences’ Astronomy Days 2014! The free, two-day, out-of-this-world > event will be held Saturday, January 25 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and > Sunday, January 26, from noon to 5 p.m. Both wings of the Museum will > be teeming with dozens of exhibits, entertaining and educational > hands-on activities and live presentations guaranteed to delight > everyone from star-struck kids to novice astronomers to expert > stargazers. > > Returning favorites include the Tripoli Rocket Association, who will > be on hand to show off their amazing high-powered model rockets—some > over 20 feet tall! Visitors can also see telescopes on display, learn > what they need to know before buying the right telescope, explore an > array of special presentations and exhibits covering weather on other > planets, meet animals of the constellations, view demonstrations of > astrophotography (taking space photos using basic home equipment like > telescopes and tripods) and learn how to identify meteorites. You can > also get your picture taken “on the moon’s surface” in as astronaut’s > uniform! > > > > Highlights > > The Museum is very pleased to be home to three pieces of the asteroid > that entered the Earth’s atmosphere over Russia last year. These > pieces will be added to our “Postcards From Space Exhibit” (3rd floor, > NRC), a collection of more than 100 meteorites, courtesy of Don Cline, > President of Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (PARI). The > asteroid was roughly the same size as the Museum’s Daily Planet > Theater globe on Jones St. before it exploded into many fragments > several miles above the Russian city of Chelyabinsk. The explosion was > equivalent to 500,000 tons of TNT, or about 30 atomic bombs. The > Museum’s meteorite collection contains many specimens that were “seen > to fall,” which is unusual. Most meteorites are found later, not > witnessed in events like this one. > > > > We also have special guest speaker who will speak on both days. Dr. > Yuri Karash is a US-trained Russian Space Policy expert and journalist > and former Cosmonaut-Candidate. His talk is entitled, “The Current > State of the Russian Space Program.” Dr. Karash is sponsored by the > North Carolina Academy of Sciences. > > > > Other presentations include “Comets: Visitors from Deep Space” and > “Comet ISON, Disappointment of the Century?” by Tony Rice, NASA/JPL > Solar System Ambassador; “Dissecting the Moore County Meteorite, Piece > by Piece” by Dr. Chris Tacker, Curator of Geology, N.C. Museum of > Natural Sciences; and “Life in the Solar System…and Beyond?” by Dr. > Rachel L. Smith, Director of Astronomy & Astrophysics, N.C. Museum of > Natural Sciences. A complete schedule of presentations and workshops > is available on our website at www.naturalsciences.org. A program > guide listing events and activity times for each day will be available > at the door. > > > > Presentations will be held in the WRAL-3D Theater (1st floor, Main), > Daily Planet Theatre (1st floor, NRC) and Windows on the World (3rd > floor, Main). Interactive astronomy workshops will be held throughout > the day in the Environmental Conference Center, (4th floor, NRC). > > > > Kid-friendly Activities > > There’s lots to do at Astronomy Days for the entire family. Kids can > drive a small rover on a model of a moonscape, sponsored by the > Morehead Planetarium and Science Center, get their faces painted and > see demonstrations on how craters are formed. Members of the > “Weightless Lumbees,” a team of students from UNC Pembroke and UNC > Charlotte selected by NASA to conduct scientific experiments aboard > reduced-gravity aircraft, will also be on hand. Outside on > Bicentennial Plaza there will be solar viewing and opportunities to > blast off your own bottle rockets! > > > > Visitors can also talk to Astronomy experts. Educational tables > include, “Astronomy: Fact or Fiction” designed to debunk myths, “How > Much Things Weigh in Outer Space” sponsored by the Raleigh Astronomy > Club, and “Moon Phases and Classifying Galaxies” sponsored by > UNC-Chapel Hill. > > > > “Birds of Paradise: Amazing Avian Evolution” > > The Museum’s current traveling exhibit has a unique connection to > astronomy. The Bird of Paradise constellation, also called Apus, is a > faint constellation in the southern sky, first identified in the late > 16th century. Apus in Greek means, “no feet.” “Birds of Paradise: > Amazing Avian Evolution” runs now through March 23, 2014. Tickets are > available online. http://naturalsciences.org/exhibits/special-exhibits > > > > Astronomy Days is co-sponsored by the non-profit Raleigh Astronomy > Club and the North Carolina Science Festival. 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