Astro Camp photos of the day- Tuesday
Astro Camp has been great this week so far. Monday we learned about stellar evolution, had the chance to look at the Sun through Erika’s H-alpha solar telescope and see solar prominences and sun spots. The campers saw some sunspots through my sun-funnel setup on my telescope as well. The kids got to take home…
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Transit of Venus Tuesday, June 5th
This Tuesday, June 5th the Austin Astronomical Society and UT will be hosting a Venus transit viewing event on top of the RLM building on campus at UT. Check out the flyer I posted above for details. This won’t happen for another 105 years! Check it out! Visit earthsky.org for more information.
Partial Lunar Eclipse this Monday morning
This Monday morning look west for the Moon around 6:00am. You should see the Moon in the middle of a partial eclipse. For more information please visit one of my favorite sites: earthsky.org If you want to know more specific times for viewing from our location visit this lunar eclipse computer.
Annular Solar Eclipse this Sunday
We won’t be in the best viewing spot to see the annular solar eclipse, however we will be able to see less than half of the eclipse before sunset here in Austin. What we can see here will begin at 7:35pm and the maximum annular eclipse we will see will be at 8:20pm. Remember to…
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Making telescopes at the Austin Mini Maker Faire
Brave telescope makers at the Austin Mini Makers Faire. We ran out fast! For instructions on how to make the telescopes we made today visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msIAdyljrwI (Thank you stormthecastle.com for the youtube tutorial) I ordered the lenses from the Surplus Shed: http://www.surplusshed.com/lens.cfm We used a 50cm focal length and a 5cm focal length double convex lens, both with 38…
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Come see me at the Austin Mini Maker Faire tomorrow!
Make a simple telescope out of two small lenses cardboard tubes, foil and toilet paper rolls. (Come early! We have only enough telescopes for the first 20 kiddos.) Make a constellation projector out of toiled paper rolls. Cut out your very own star charts to take home. See ya there!