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2020 Astronomy at the Beach Schedule

Friday, Sept. 25th
Sep
25
H-Alpha Solar Viewing Live – Awni Hafedh
3:00 pm
Sep
25
Remote Solar Viewing Live – Paul Goelz
3:00 pm
Sep
25
Poetry of the Night: How the Night Sky Enriches Literature Through the Ages – David Levy
6:00 pm
Sep
25
Amazing Astronomy and Fantastic Physics – Michigan Science Center
6:00 pm
Sep
25
Binocular Astronomy
7:00 pm
Sep
25
Live Sky & Astronomy Trivia – Flint Longway Planetarium – Jeff Stark
7:00 pm
Sep
25
Tour of the Solar System with SpaceEngine – Bob Trembley
7:30 pm
Sep
25
The Impact Theory of Dinosaur Extinction – Jesse Mason
7:30 pm
Sep
25
Intro to Neutrino Physics – Gerry Chevrier
7:30 pm
Sep
25
Radio Astronomy – Tom Hagen
8:00 pm
Sep
25
Orange Can Astronomy – Night Out – Live from Ypsilanti with Jeff Kopmanis
8:00 pm
Sep
25
Size and Distance in the Universe – Ken Bertin
8:30 pm
Sep
25
Scale Model of the Solar System – Mike Bruno
8:30 pm
Sep
25
Remote Viewing Live – The Moon with Samer Hariri
8:30 pm
Sep
25
Building and Launching Rockets with Kerbal Space Program – Bob Trembley
9:00 pm
Sep
25
Star-Hopping with Stellarium – Adrian Bradley
9:00 pm
Sep
25
Remote Viewing Live from Pinckney with Don Swetzig
9:00 pm
Sep
25
Mars – Past, Present and Future – Dr. Dale Partin
9:30 pm
Sep
25
Remote Viewing Live from Hartland with Doug Bock
9:30 pm
Sep
25
Remote Viewing Live from New Mexico with Brian Ottum
10:00 pm
Sep
25
Live from Woodhaven – Gordon Hansen
10:00 pm
Saturday, Sept. 26th
Sep
26
Orange Can Astronomy – Solar Edition – Live from Ypsilanti with Jeff Kopmanis
3:00 pm
Sep
26
Remote Solar Viewing Live – Awni Hafedh
3:00 pm
Sep
26
Remote Solar Viewing Live – Paul Goelz
4:00 pm
Sep
26
Light Pollution – Norb Vance
5:00 pm
Sep
26
Teacher Forum – Teaching Astronomy to Children
5:00 pm
Sep
26
Planetarium – Tim Campbell
5:00 pm
Sep
26
Brother Guy Consolmagno & Dan Davis – Turning Left at Orion
6:00 pm
Sep
26
Amazing Astronomy and Fantastic Physics – Michigan Science Center
6:00 pm
Sep
26
Scale Model of the Solar System – Mike Bruno
6:30 pm
Sep
26
Dolores Hill – OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Mission is GO for TAG: Final Update Before Sample Collection!
7:00 pm
Sep
26
Virtual Planetarium – Michigan Science Center
7:00 pm
Sep
26
Night Sky Myth Busters: The Lunar Edition! – John Pannuto
8:00 pm
Sep
26
Ask the Astronomers! (Panel-Discussion)
8:00 pm
Sep
26
Spectroscopy: How it’s (really) made, and what’s hiding in the light! – Tim Campbell
8:30 pm
Sep
26
Orange Can Astronomy – Night Out – Live from Ypsilanti with Jeff Kopmanis
8:30 pm
Sep
26
Tour of the Solar System with SpaceEngine – Bob Trembley
9:00 pm
Sep
26
Remote Viewing Live from Hartland with Doug Bock
9:00 pm
Sep
26
Star-Hopping with Stellarium – Adrian Bradley
9:00 pm
Sep
26
NASA Rocket Launch Photography – John McGill
9:30 pm
Sep
26
Remote Viewing Live from New Mexico with Brian Ottum
10:00 pm
Sep
26
Live from Woodhaven – Gordon Hansen
10:00 pm
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    We will choose next year's Astronomy At The Beach dates before the year ends. It will not be on the same nights as the Great Lakes Star Gaze/Okie-Tex Star Party.

    We do plan on following suit with these other star parties in 2022 to finally open back up to the public, outside. We may still yet be masking for additional safety, but we know that many of you following this page really want to get back to learning from us about the night sky, and having a great outdoor event. We have proof that, if the college football variant hasn't happened despite so many thousands and thousands of people attending those events, we may need to understand that outdoor risk is much less than indoor risk. As a science organization, we will always follow recommendations by the CDC, and vote on these things as a board.

    Check out the two images below. One is from a 'stock' camera, and the other is from a modified camera to show more spectrums of light that come in from space. It's a significant difference! So too is how significant the difference is from being present and getting to look directly in a telescope vs seeing presentations online. However both images below have their good points, just as online presentations can mean good things, too. For instance, this past year we were able to share in a livestream from Argentina, the southern hemisphere. Many of us haven't gotten the opportunity to see the night sky from the other side of the world, and this was a golden chance to get to do just that.

    We will consider the pros and cons of a hybrid presentation and determine how well we can pull such an event off. Feel free to voice any concerns or questions to this thread if you have any, and we look forward to hosting AATB in 2022.
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    We will choose next years Astronomy At The Beach dates before the year ends. It will not be on the same nights as the Great Lakes Star Gaze/Okie-Tex Star Party. 

We do plan on following suit with these other star parties in 2022 to finally open back up to the public, outside. We may still yet be masking for additional safety, but we know that many of you following this page really want to get back to learning from us about the night sky, and having a great outdoor event. We have proof that, if the college football variant hasnt happened despite so many thousands and thousands of people attending those events, we may need to understand that outdoor risk is much less than indoor risk. As a science organization, we will always follow recommendations by the CDC, and vote on these things as a board.

Check out the two images below. One is from a stock camera, and the other is from a modified camera to show more spectrums of light that come in from space. Its a significant difference! So too is how significant the difference is from being present and getting to look directly in a telescope vs seeing presentations online. However both images below have their good points, just as online presentations can mean good things, too. For instance, this past year we were able to share in a livestream from Argentina, the southern hemisphere. Many of us havent gotten the opportunity to see the night sky from the other side of the world, and this was a golden chance to get to do just that. 

We will consider the pros and cons of a hybrid presentation and determine how well we can pull such an event off. Feel free to voice any concerns or questions to this thread if you have any, and we look forward to hosting AATB in 2022.Image attachment
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