Lots of good changes are afoot these days. My family and I have moved to Oak Hill and are loving our new location and place. Darker skies out here 🙂 Also, we are expecting our third girl in March! As my belly grows, by ability to lift my big ole 10″ Dobsonian in and…
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Send Amy to Space! from Jonathan Jackson on Vimeo. By simply clicking on this link: voteforamy you can help me make this lifelong dream a reality!!!! www.sendamytospace.com Why does space matter? Why should we put our hard earned money into something that seems so intangible when there are so many other issues that need our…
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Register starting December 3rd for the Stargazing course I will be teaching for UT Informal Classes at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. There is a 10% discount for Wildflower Center Members. Click here to register: REGISTER. Click here to read about the course: COURSE INFO.
What a beautiful night last night! This special groups of Girl Scouts you see in the photos above have been together since they were in first grade! We met at Brushy Creek Lake Park: a great location for an unobstructed view of the night sky. They definitely earned their Night Owl Badge last night!…
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Last month on the official first day of Fall, I walked my first grader to school. As she was putting away her bicycle, I heard kids shouting. I thought someone fell off their bicycle or there was a car accident. Lo and behold, everyone started to point up to the sky in excitement. It was…
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If you are 8 or older and interested in learning more about our night sky then you are in luck! Starting November 6th, I will be offering 4 stargazing classes. Do you want to learn how to use a telescope and gain confidence in finding planets, stars and constellations? Join me for night time stargazing…
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All systems go for International Observe the Moon Night, THIS Saturday night, September 22nd. If the skies stay clear, I’ll be on Pfluger bridge with my telescope. Come experience the beauty our Moon has to offer!
What a great end to a great week! Everyone survived the late-night stargazing last night and came back ready to finish the week. We started the day learning about astrobiology and what makes a planet habitable. We then had a visit from ACCHaos, the Austin Community College Physical Science Department’s hands-on science outreach program. Take…
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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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