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Forrest Erickson #1049 Chelsea, I should have written sooner. The next time the moon will be well placed for viewing is December 30 which is a Friday. IIRC the library closes at 5:00 PM most Fridays. Is that true for Dec 30? I am thinking of a quick 4:30 presentation on telescopes and then we clear out and view as the library closes. We can help everyone for whom Santa has brought a telescope try to use it on the easy target that is the moon. Would this work for again in the children's department? And would you make an event? Getting ahead in January a good night would be the Monday the 30th. And a 7:00 PM start time would be good. What do you think about that too? Please advise, Lee Erickson cc: Smoky Mountain Astronomical Society FYI, Here is the moon that night with the Apollo 15 Landing site December 30. And the January 30 Moon. toggle quoted message Show quoted text On 11/08/2022 2:00 PM FORREST ERICKSON <forresterickson@...> wrote: Oops, I forgot to include a screen shot of planetarium simulation of the Dec 1 sky. On 11/08/2022 1:44 PM FORREST ERICKSON <forresterickson@...> wrote: Re: "work out ... Children's Department? " I think it was fine. Ask Heather her opinion too. Unless it does not work for the Library I would suggest it is our default. My bottom line motivation is to inspire future scientists and 8 and up is good. Here is a screen shot of the sky that night. If participants are interested we could talk about the zodiac visible, Capricornus, Aquarius, and Pisces. I have attached a hand out which has a mnemonic for memorizing the zodiac. If you have a Facebook or other on line event to which I could link please provide. Thanks, Forrest Lee Erickson On 11/08/2022 12:18 PM Chelsea E Tarwater <ctarwater@...> wrote: Did it work out to have it in the Children's Department? On Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 12:17 PM Chelsea E Tarwater <ctarwater@...> wrote: We can definitely do this! I'll get it to our PR department. On Fri, Nov 4, 2022 at 7:43 PM FORREST ERICKSON <forresterickson@...> wrote: Chelsea, Thursday December 1st will be another nice quarter moon for observing. Can we have an event that night 7-9 PM or the night before? Please advise. See below and share the simulated moon phase for that date. -- Chelsea Tarwater (she/her) Youth Services Manager Blount County Public Library 508 N Cusick St. Maryville, TN 37804 (865) 273-1414 I ctarwater@... -- Chelsea Tarwater (she/her) Youth Services Manager Blount County Public Library 508 N Cusick St. Maryville, TN 37804 (865) 273-1414 I ctarwater@...
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Forrest Erickson #1050 Chelsea, I want to tweak the idea and message to the public for 30 December. Start at 4:00 PM. Invite everyone with a new (or old) telescope to bring it and for about 45 minuets we will all have a look at the telescopes and talk about how to use them. Then we will go out back by the bridge and set up and observe the quarter moon even after the library closes. Again I will want to do the power point about telescope types on the monitor there. Please advise, Lee Erickson toggle quoted message Show quoted text On 12/07/2022 6:27 PM FORREST ERICKSON <forresterickson@...> wrote: Chelsea, I should have written sooner. The next time the moon will be well placed for viewing is December 30 which is a Friday. IIRC the library closes at 5:00 PM most Fridays. Is that true for Dec 30? I am thinking of a quick 4:30 presentation on telescopes and then we clear out and view as the library closes. We can help everyone for whom Santa has brought a telescope try to use it on the easy target that is the moon. Would this work for again in the children's department? And would you make an event? Getting ahead in January a good night would be the Monday the 30th. And a 7:00 PM start time would be good. What do you think about that too? Please advise, Lee Erickson cc: Smoky Mountain Astronomical Society FYI, Here is the moon that night with the Apollo 15 Landing site December 30. And the January 30 Moon. On 11/08/2022 2:00 PM FORREST ERICKSON <forresterickson@...> wrote: Oops, I forgot to include a screen shot of planetarium simulation of the Dec 1 sky. On 11/08/2022 1:44 PM FORREST ERICKSON <forresterickson@...> wrote: Re: "work out ... Children's Department? " I think it was fine. Ask Heather her opinion too. Unless it does not work for the Library I would suggest it is our default. My bottom line motivation is to inspire future scientists and 8 and up is good. Here is a screen shot of the sky that night. If participants are interested we could talk about the zodiac visible, Capricornus, Aquarius, and Pisces. I have attached a hand out which has a mnemonic for memorizing the zodiac. If you have a Facebook or other on line event to which I could link please provide. Thanks, Forrest Lee Erickson On 11/08/2022 12:18 PM Chelsea E Tarwater <ctarwater@...> wrote: Did it work out to have it in the Children's Department? On Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 12:17 PM Chelsea E Tarwater <ctarwater@...> wrote: We can definitely do this! I'll get it to our PR department. On Fri, Nov 4, 2022 at 7:43 PM FORREST ERICKSON <forresterickson@...> wrote: Chelsea, Thursday December 1st will be another nice quarter moon for observing. Can we have an event that night 7-9 PM or the night before? Please advise. See below and share the simulated moon phase for that date. -- Chelsea Tarwater (she/her) Youth Services Manager Blount County Public Library 508 N Cusick St. Maryville, TN 37804 (865) 273-1414 I ctarwater@... -- Chelsea Tarwater (she/her) Youth Services Manager Blount County Public Library 508 N Cusick St. Maryville, TN 37804 (865) 273-1414 I ctarwater@...
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Forrest Erickson #1056 4:00 PM 30 December works for me. toggle quoted message Show quoted text On 12/08/2022 1:04 PM Chelsea E Tarwater <ctarwater@...> wrote: You also might want to consider 4:00pm for the presentation bit if possible. We have to do a lot of straightening up before we close and having that space full up until the last minute might be an issue. On Thu, Dec 8, 2022 at 12:58 PM Chelsea E Tarwater <ctarwater@...> wrote: We should be able to do both December 30th and January 30th! I'll see if the PR team will make events. One thing: in the future, since we only have one librarian in the evenings, they probably won't be able to run any Powerpoints since it might impede them from doing necessary work. Beth, our head PR person, told me today that they've gotten a lot of positive feedback about these sessions! There seems to be a lot of interest from the community. On Wed, Dec 7, 2022 at 6:27 PM FORREST ERICKSON <forresterickson@...> wrote: Chelsea, I should have written sooner. The next time the moon will be well placed for viewing is December 30 which is a Friday. IIRC the library closes at 5:00 PM most Fridays. Is that true for Dec 30? I am thinking of a quick 4:30 presentation on telescopes and then we clear out and view as the library closes. We can help everyone for whom Santa has brought a telescope try to use it on the easy target that is the moon. Would this work for again in the children's department? And would you make an event? Getting ahead in January a good night would be the Monday the 30th. And a 7:00 PM start time would be good. What do you think about that too? Please advise, Lee Erickson cc: Smoky Mountain Astronomical Society FYI, Here is the moon that night with the Apollo 15 Landing site December 30. And the January 30 Moon. On 11/08/2022 2:00 PM FORREST ERICKSON <forresterickson@...> wrote: Oops, I forgot to include a screen shot of planetarium simulation of the Dec 1 sky. On 11/08/2022 1:44 PM FORREST ERICKSON <forresterickson@...> wrote: Re: "work out ... Children's Department? " I think it was fine. Ask Heather her opinion too. Unless it does not work for the Library I would suggest it is our default. My bottom line motivation is to inspire future scientists and 8 and up is good. Here is a screen shot of the sky that night. If participants are interested we could talk about the zodiac visible, Capricornus, Aquarius, and Pisces. I have attached a hand out which has a mnemonic for memorizing the zodiac. If you have a Facebook or other on line event to which I could link please provide. Thanks, Forrest Lee Erickson On 11/08/2022 12:18 PM Chelsea E Tarwater <ctarwater@...> wrote: Did it work out to have it in the Children's Department? On Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 12:17 PM Chelsea E Tarwater <ctarwater@...> wrote: We can definitely do this! I'll get it to our PR department. On Fri, Nov 4, 2022 at 7:43 PM FORREST ERICKSON <forresterickson@...> wrote: Chelsea, Thursday December 1st will be another nice quarter moon for observing. Can we have an event that night 7-9 PM or the night before? Please advise. See below and share the simulated moon phase for that date. -- Chelsea Tarwater (she/her) Youth Services Manager Blount County Public Library 508 N Cusick St. Maryville, TN 37804 (865) 273-1414 I ctarwater@... -- Chelsea Tarwater (she/her) Youth Services Manager Blount County Public Library 508 N Cusick St. Maryville, TN 37804 (865) 273-1414 I ctarwater@... -- Chelsea Tarwater (she/her) Youth Services Manager Blount County Public Library 508 N Cusick St. Maryville, TN 37804 (865) 273-1414 I ctarwater@... -- Chelsea Tarwater (she/her) Youth Services Manager Blount County Public Library 508 N Cusick St. Maryville, TN 37804 (865) 273-1414 I ctarwater@...
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