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Jason H.
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Reged: 11/23/07
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Loc: Florida
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SOME CENTRAL FLORIDA EVENTS:
March 6 - 10:49 p.m. (subject to change) Kepler Space Telescope Delta II launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Mar. 21 - Celebration Star Party at Celebration Town Center, FL
Mar. 25 - Seminole Community College History of Astronomy Seminar, SCC Building G (Fine Arts Concert Hall) http://www.scc-fl.edu/planet/
Mar. 26 - Orange County Library (downtown), CFAS Outreach Event, 101 E. Central Ave, Movie & Q&A Session
Mar. 28 - 3:00 p.m. Chiefland Spring Picnic and Messier Marathon (for Chiefland Members only)
Mar. 30 - 7:00 p.m. Orange County Library (downtown) CFAS Outreach event, 101 E. Central Ave. Movie & Q&A session
Apr. 23-26 Central Florida Astronomical Society Astrofest Star Party at Kissimmee Prairie Preserve (for Members & guests)
Apr. 25 - 6-11 p.m. 6th Annual Dark Sky Festival at Harmony http://www.darkskyfestival.com/
May 2 - Astronomy Day - Seminole Community College Planetarium and Central Florida Astronomical Society celebrate Astronomy Day at Winter Park Village
May 28-31 National Space Society The International Space Development Conference (ISDC) in Orlando, annual conference for the National Space Society http://www.isdc2009.org/
Oct. 17 - 10 a.m. Seminole Community College Planetarium's Planet Walk - A tour of renovated permanent outdoor solar system models on lightposts on campus.
Also, Seminole Community College Planetarium has shows Fridays and Saturdays (check their calendar for show titles and dates they are closed http://www.scc-fl.edu/planet/
And the Central Florida Astronomical Society has a monthly meeting every second Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Seminole Community College Planetarium http://www.cfas.org
Additionally, there are very many outreach school events and other events being conducted by local astronomy clubs. Here's a list of
SOME FLORIDA ASTRONOMY CLUBS:
Astronomical Society of the Palm Beaches http://www.palmbeachastro.org/
Brevard Astronomical Society http://www.brevardastro.org/
Bradenton Local Group of Deep Sky Observers http://www.thelocalgroup.org/
Central Florida Astronomical Society http://www.cfas.org/
Museum Astronomical Resource Society (a.k.a. M.A.R.S. Astronomy Club) sponsored by Tampa Museum of Science and Industry http://www.marsastro.org/
Northeast Florida Astronomical Society http://www.nefas.org/
St. Petersburg Astronomy Club http://www.telescopelab.com/
South Florida Amateur Astronomers Association http://www.sfaaa.com/
Southwest Florida Astronomical Society http://www.theeyepiece.org/
Tallahassee Astronomical Society http://stargazers.org/club/
Treasure Coast Astronomical Society http://www.treasurecoastastronomy.org/
Winter Haven Astronomy Club http://www.winterhavenastronomy.com/
You may also want to check with the more than 26 planetariums (planetaria) in Florida, K-12 schools and universities, and observatories which have planned many events.
Please feel free to add your Florida events to this Cloudy Nights thread!
Regards, Jason Higley
(member of Central Florida Astronomical Society's IYA '09 Committee)
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BRisley
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Reged: 09/04/06
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Loc: SW Florida
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March 6th, Cape Coral FL, SW FL Astronomical Society in conjunction with Cape Rotary Club - Public Observing 7-10 pm Rotary Park
Brian Risley
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3 C-8's (2 OT 72/80 and SPC-8)
8" f5 Dob
Meade 4450 on EQ-2
Meade 4501 on EQ-2
Tasco 4.5" on EQ-2
Tasco Starguide 60GT
C-90/Cometron Sky Scanner 80 mounted tandem in a C-8 Fork
Cometron CO-62
Meade 11x80 Bino
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Jason H.
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Reged: 11/23/07
Posts: 371
Loc: Florida
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6th Annual Harmony Dark Sky Festival
http://www.darkskyfestival.com/
"...We had approximately 2,800 attend our Festival last year and anticipate this year’s attendance to exceed 3,500 people."
Saturday April 25th 2009 between 6 p.m. to 11 p.m.
FREE ADMISSION, FREE PARKING!
I live about more than an hour away and several times at outreach events this year people have mentioned to me of their own accord (un-prompted by me) that they'd been to the Harmony Dark Sky Festival event and how much they liked it (i.e. it impacts a lot of people positively.)
Although I like to think the Universe, and secondly our scopes :^), are the main attractions, there are a number of featured speakers (see link above for details.)
The Florida Institute of Technology will also have their portable planetarium, StarLab, to demonstrate the night sky (and other stuff.)
World famous musician Jonn Serrie will perform ambient space music (if your are curious about what he plays you can hear free samples of his work at amazon.com MP3 Downloads.)
Members of area amateur astronomy clubs will be setting up telescopes.
Aside from promoting dark sky awareness and the negative impact of light pollution, they state "...This event allows people to see objects in the sky and have someone there to guide them. People line up to look through the scopes. In fact, a solar viewing scope will be put into service before sunset."
It wouldn't surprise me if members of the media would be there too (it's happened before.)
It being the International Year of Astronomy 2009, it's a great opportunity to help many to get their first view of the sky through a telescope (a big objective of IYA '09), and locally it's our biggest outreach opportunity so far this year.
Come and have fun!
Clear and dark skies, Jason H.
(member of Central Florida Astronomical Society.)
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Jason H.
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Reged: 11/23/07
Posts: 371
Loc: Florida
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I just saw a twitter post (I don't know the source of this message) on the http://www.darkskyfestival.com/ website that they are interested in getting e-mails from those amateurs who are attending "...CALLING ALL ASTRONOMERS...RSVP you are coming to our event. We'll feed you!! RSVP to info@darkskyfestival.com"
Also, television station WFTV has it on their event calendar
http://wftv.zipscene.com/events/view/1511721
I guess this next one seems to fit in the RUMOR category but I also saw this twitter item
"looks like reps from the new Star Trek movie will have a booth with passes, promo items, etc at our event 4/25/09. www.darkskyfestival.com"
Also, if you go to their schedule page at
http://www.darkskyfestival.com/schedule.html
They have listed:
Silver Clouds Orchestra
Science Trivia with Curtis Earth
There Once Was A Sky Full Of Stars / Jonn Serrie Preview
The End Of Night? George Fleenor / Audrey Fischer
Jonn Serrie Preview
Why People Believe Weird Things
Electric Energy with Mr. Science
Jonn Serrie in Concert
Sea Turtle Conservancy
Gatorland Animals
Bats! - The Florida Bat Conservancy
The StarLab Planetarium Brevard - Community College Planetarium
StarTalk Live! Reginald Pennington with his special guest Dr. Demetrius Deuteron
Smart Table Demonstrations - Harmony Community School
House of Flying Cards Magic - Magicians
Lester the Jester -
Radio Disney in the Cosmic Kid's Zone
Kirby the Trash Can Osceola County Solid Waste - Cosmic Kid's Zone
Glo Golf in the Cosmic Kid's Zone
Rick Allen Guitar
Regards, Jason H.
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Jason H.
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Reged: 11/23/07
Posts: 371
Loc: Florida
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THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED AND HELPED SUPPORT IYA '09 EVENTS IN FLORIDA!
It seems that the schools are re-envigorated with Astronomy outreach requests, the public is excited about Astronomy, and Central Florida Astronomical Society (a listed IYA '09 Supporter Organization) is going into 2010 with a very busy outreach agenda. The 2009 events I attended were very well populated, the biggest being the Harmony Dark Sky Festival with a reported 5000 people in attendance, and (of course) the public is very interested in Astronomy. I like to think of space exploration as an extension of Astronomy, and at year-end I went to Kennedy Space Center where there was quite massive public attendance, with lines everywhere, 30 minute waits for the continuously loading tour buses (all day until the last bus!) that do the drive-by of the VAB, and live show presenters, massive Saturn V rocket, launch pad view, and ISS processing facility), and a worker told me they were getting at least 10,000 people a day that week (and it seemed like a lot more from my perspective!) People I spoke to were very enthusiastic about Astronomy and were hungry for more Astronomy information.
I'm excited at the possibilities for the future, and satisfied that we've reached so many people in such a short time in 2009. I hope to increase my efforts in 2010. Just one person can help so many get their first views through the telescope. DO IT AGAIN IN 2010!
And thanks again to all!!!! Jason Higley
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