Due to inclement weather, AD@HMP has been
rescheduled for Sunday, 28 April, 3-9 p.m.
Weather
permitting, join Planetarium
Teachers from Fairfax County Public Schools (Sandburg, Hayfield,
Edison, & TJHSST), volunteers from the Northern
Virginia Astronomy Club (NOVAC), and Fairfax County Park Authority
Naturalists for a local celebration of National
Astronomy Day 2002 on Saturday, 20 April 2002, at Huntley Meadows
Park, Fairfax County, VA.
A variety of activities are planned. From 3:00 'til
9:00 p.m., astronomy experts will be on-hand to provide guidance and
answer questions. Planetarium Teachers will provide a guided tour of the
evening sky, featuring all five of the visible
planets as well as prominent stars &
constellations visible with the unaided eye. Binoculars and telescopes
will be available for public observation of day and night sky phenomena,
including sunspots (3:00 - 6:00 p.m.), the First Quarter Moon (day &
night), planets, especially Jupiter and Saturn (beginning at twilight),
and other night sky targets such as binary stars, star clusters, and
galaxies.
Two formal workshops (reservations required) will be held at the Huntley
Meadows Park Visitor Center:
- 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. - Making & Using an
Equatorial Sundial/Real-Sky Solar Observation; and
- 6:30 - 9:00 p.m. - Making & Using a
Starfinder/Night Sky Observation
Workshops are open to adults and families with children nine (9) years and
older. Space may be infinite, but in this case, space is limited! For more
information or to make reservations, contact Kitty Keller, FCPA
Naturalist, at 703-768-2525.
Rain Date: Sunday, 28 April 2002
[Astronomy Day@HMP is part of the program, "Bringing Astronomy to the
People"--the Sandburg
Planetarium public outreach initiative for 2001-2002.]