Changes between Version 115 and Version 116 of Outreach
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v115 v116 44 44 45 45 == Public Astronomy Lectures == 46 People in our department regularly give lectures aimed at the general public. Ideally these coincide with star-gazing nights, and are about 30 minutes long. Audiences are usually 50-100 attendees generally consisting of students (15%), families (20%), amateur astronomers (5%), and interested adults from around NYC (60%). Please see our past events for the titles and abstracts of previous, successful talks.[[BR]]46 People in our department regularly give lectures aimed at the general public. Ideally these coincide with star-gazing nights, and are about 30 minutes long. Audiences are usually 50-100 attendees generally consisting of students (15%), families (20%), amateur astronomers (5%), and interested adults from around NYC (60%). For those of you putting together a public lecture, I recommend you prepare it as though you are explaining an astronomical topic to someone seated next to you on an airplane with no background in science. Please see our past events for the titles and abstracts of previous, successful talks.[[BR]] 47 47 48 48 == Astrophotography Slideshows == 49 We offer slideshows of images of the sky during star-gazing nights, either in lieu of observing (in the case of cloudy weather--Pupin 301), or for attendees seeking a brief respite from the rooftop (during cold sessions in the Winter--Pupin 1402). These slideshows are broken into 5-10 minute-long themed groups of images (e.g. nebulae, supernovae remnants, disk galaxies, atmospheric anomalies, moons, etc.), and are presented with commentary by one of our volunteers. They allow the public an opportunity to see the sky as it really exists, not from our often overly-light-polluted skies. 49 We offer slideshows of images of the sky during star-gazing nights, either in lieu of observing (in the case of cloudy weather--Pupin 301), or for attendees seeking a brief respite from the rooftop (during cold sessions in the Winter--Pupin 1402). These slideshows are broken into 5-10 minute-long themed groups of images (e.g. nebulae, supernovae remnants, disk galaxies, atmospheric anomalies, moons, etc.), and are presented with commentary by one of our volunteers. They allow the public an opportunity to see the sky as it really exists, not from our often overly-light-polluted skies. If you're interested in putting together a short (10 slides) slideshow on some astronomical topic, please contact Cameron. 50 50 51 51 == AstroWall Events == … … 108 108 109 109 Clear nights are underlined. [[BR]] 110 110 111 '''Spring 2009:''' __Jan 16__ 111 112 … … 144 145 * Redesign webpage. --Cameron & Destry 145 146 146 * Design poster for College Walk (18"x24") --Cameron & Destry147 148 147 * Make map of where telescopes will be located for volunteers and public. --Cameron 149 148 … … 154 153 * Buy: 8 more eyepiece cases (astronomics.com). --Cameron 155 154 156 * Put down glow-in-the-dark stickers on the ground on roof. --Cameron157 158 155 * Add outreach as listed event on the "Talks & Events" webpage on the main astro.columbia.edu website. --Destry 159 156
