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re: Educatiing The Public On Astronomy And Space

Delbert — 10/12/2006 6:15:08 PM (archived)

Last week I participated in a star party put on by our local astronomical society. We set it up at a local school, which was having a space week science course. Great program! We got a couple of hundred people, grade-school students and their parents and siblings, to show up. I was struck by how clueless the parents were, than the kids.

I had the smallest scope there, a Mead ETX 90 compared to 10â€, 12â€, and some 16â€ scopes the others had. I kept mine on the moon all night. It was pointed strait at the moon, and people kept asking me what I was looking at? When they looked through the scope I got almost unanimous OOOhhhs! And AAAhs! â€œWow itâ€™s so bright! What are all those holes? â€œ etc. Some asked the price of the scope. When I told them they were a bit taken aback. Thatâ€™s one of the problems. People arenâ€™t willing to spend the money it takes to get a really good view. They will settle for a chepo scope, from Wall Mart, that gives you such a crumby view that they lose all interest.

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Educatiing The Public On Astronomy And Space - Jeff F - 10/12/2006 2:56:08 PM
- re: Educatiing The Public On Astronomy And Space - Delbert - 10/12/2006 6:15:08 PM
  - I think that people who don't know if a planet is closer or further than a star... - alcaray - 10/13/2006 3:51:10 PM
    - A sense of place - Fox - 10/14/2006 8:38:45 PM
    - re:A book to start - Raoul - 10/13/2006 5:58:49 PM
      - re: A book to start - Fox - 10/14/2006 9:13:52 PM
    - re: I think that people who don't know if a planet is closer or further than a star... - Jeff F - 10/13/2006 4:30:54 PM
      - Sometimes you don't need a lens - Fox - 10/14/2006 6:06:41 PM
        
        ...but a very long baseline helps - Robert - 10/14/2006 7:40:20 PM
        
        Extreme parallax - Fox - 10/14/2006 8:57:34 PM
      - Hands-on space science - Laurie Street - 10/13/2006 11:15:58 PM
      - Not how I learned. - alcaray - 10/13/2006 5:20:04 PM
        
        re: Not how I learned. - Jeff F - 10/13/2006 6:02:48 PM
        
        I did not mean to insult or discourage your efforts. - alcaray - 10/13/2006 6:19:51 PM
        
        re: I did not mean to insult or discourage your efforts. - Jeff F - 10/13/2006 7:15:11 PM
  - re: Educatiing The Public On Astronomy And Space - Jeff F - 10/12/2006 6:56:46 PM
- re: Educatiing The Public On Astronomy And Space - Robert - 10/12/2006 4:42:48 PM
- re: Educatiing The Public On Astronomy And Space - Lance - 10/12/2006 4:22:58 PM
  - Participation - Robert - 10/12/2006 4:40:35 PM
    - re: Participation - Jeff F - 10/12/2006 5:23:08 PM
      - Outreach participation - Ken Murphy - 10/13/2006 12:54:49 AM
        
        re: Participation - Raoul - 10/13/2006 6:05:49 PM
        
        Bright and shiny baubles - Robert - 10/14/2006 7:31:46 PM
        
        rephrasing the question - Robert - 10/13/2006 5:42:02 PM
      - re: Participation - Robert - 10/12/2006 6:30:17 PM
        
        re: Good idea and an example - Raoul - 10/13/2006 6:12:19 PM
        
        Yes, like that - Robert - 10/14/2006 12:22:20 AM
        
        re: Debating a question - Raoul - 10/14/2006 9:12:43 PM
        
        re: Yes, like that - DWC - 10/14/2006 4:49:57 PM
        
        We'd get lost in the crowd on MyHorde - Robert - 10/14/2006 7:23:31 PM

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