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Outreach & Education

The Drake Equation

This page is not recommend to be viewed on a smart-phone, the embedded calculator format does not work well on small screens. In 1961, astronomer Frank Drake formulated the now famous equation, that bears his name, as he was putting together the agenda for the first scientific meeting on the Read more…

By Mike, 1 yearJanuary 23, 2022 ago
Outreach & Education

Why Explore Space?

I had the honor of presenting the topic ‘Why We Should Explore Space’ at this year’s Astronomy Days hosted by the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences @naturalsciences. Below is a recording of the virtual event:. They have a great set of programs running thru the end of the weekend, Read more…

By Mike, 2 yearsJanuary 29, 2021 ago
Outreach & Education

Astronomy Days Moon Zoom

I had a really great time with fellow NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador and Raleigh Astronomy member Doug Lively in supporting Moon Zoom, a virtual observing session of the Moon on Monday evening as part of Astronomy Days at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science @naturalsciences. Make sure to check Read more…

By Mike, 2 yearsJanuary 26, 2021 ago
Outreach & Education

Saturn V: The Rocket That Took Us To The Moon!

In early 2019, in anticipation of all the celebrations commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing mission, I prepared a talk on the rocket that took us to the moon, the might Saturn V. You’ll see various previous posts in my blog with photos and links to Read more…

By Mike, 3 yearsMay 12, 2020 ago
Outreach & Education

Live Streaming H-Alpha Telescope Views of the Sun

I set up my Hydrogen Alpha telescope (Lunt LS60ThaPTc B1200d2) atop my Celestron CG-5 Advanced GT mount for live streaming on Facebook. This was my first attempt at Live Streaming telescopic views on Facebook and the first time I’ve tried with my H-Alpha scope. I tried to switch from my Read more…

By Mike, 3 yearsApril 11, 2020 ago
Outreach & Education

Outreach at Prairie Ridge Ecostation

This past Friday night I participated in a outreach event, showing off the night sky to almost 600 visitors at Astronomy Night with the Raleigh Astronomy Club at Prairie Ridge Ecostation (part of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science). Fellow Solar System Ambassador Doug Lively and I as well Read more…

By Mike, 4 yearsSeptember 8, 2019 ago
Outreach & Education

Saturn V Talks

Last Friday evening, I provided my talk ‘ Saturn V – The Rocket That Took Us to the Moon” the residents of the Searstone Retirement Community, where my parents live. I did an abbreviated talk for 20 residents in their full-time care area and then the full talk to almost Read more…

By Mike, 4 yearsAugust 27, 2019 ago
Outreach & Education

One Giant Leap festival

Had a great time with my Astronomy Outreach partner in crime at the North Carolina Museum of History’s One Giant Leap festival as part of the Lift Off NC: Apollo + Beyond (https://www.ncsciencefestival.org/liftoffnc) events.  I gave a talk on the Saturn V Rocket as well as hosted table/exhibit with LEGO Read more…

By Mike, 4 yearsJuly 21, 2019 ago
Outreach & Education

Countdown to Launch

As part of one of the Lift-Off NC: Apollo + Beyond series, fellow NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador Doug Lively and I volunteered the Countdown to Launch Event hosted by the Museum of Life and Science in Durham, NC.  Doug and I teamed up to educate visitors to the event how Read more…

By Mike, 4 yearsJune 9, 2019 ago
Outreach & Education

September Evening Under the Stars & Some Outreach

After a long summer of lots of solar observing as well as some forced downtime of my larger scope the CPC1100 due to me shorting out one of the circuit boards, poor weather and hectic work schedule, I was finally able to get some video astronomy in at my clubs Read more…

By Mike, 5 yearsSeptember 23, 2017 ago

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