Winter Solstice: Watching the Night Sky / 12-13-2015
Visitors got to see all types of meteorites, ranging in size from a small fist to rather large rocks. It's surprising how heavy the iron meteorites are. Along with the meteorites were collections of tektites, gravel-size bodies composed of natural glass formed from terrestrial debris ejected during extraterrestrial, meteorite impacts.
On one table, the Harford County Astronomical Society had sent up displays, while on another they had free handouts of Hubble Telescope images. Outside was set up a telescope for viewing the Sun.
The day's presentation was given by Mcdonogh science teacher Martin Schmidt. Using software that is available as free downloads, he turned the meetup room into a planetarium, whereupon he delighted the audience with various displays of the night and day sky, and showed the various ways the Earth, Sun and Moon interact.
These are links to the two free download sites:
http://astro.unl.edu/naap/ - NAAP Astronomy Labs / http://www.stellarium.org/ - Stellarium
On one table, the Harford County Astronomical Society had sent up displays, while on another they had free handouts of Hubble Telescope images. Outside was set up a telescope for viewing the Sun.
The day's presentation was given by Mcdonogh science teacher Martin Schmidt. Using software that is available as free downloads, he turned the meetup room into a planetarium, whereupon he delighted the audience with various displays of the night and day sky, and showed the various ways the Earth, Sun and Moon interact.
These are links to the two free download sites:
http://astro.unl.edu/naap/ - NAAP Astronomy Labs / http://www.stellarium.org/ - Stellarium