Lessons learned: plan early; create partnerships with parks, concert organizers, and astronomy clubs; test equipment; have backup equipment; create professional displays; select the best location to obtain a largest number of participants; use social media/www sites to promote the events; use many ...
A few bay area links: San Jose Astronomical Association, Peninsula Astronomical Society, San Francisco Sidewalk Astronomers, San Francisco Amateur Astronomers, or any of the others on the AANC's list of Amateur Astronomy Clubs in Northern California or the SF Chronicle's list of astronomy clubs....
2.Strike a pose with Albie Einstein inside the grand Beaux ArtsYerkes Observatory. In 1921, on the famous physicist’s first trip to the United States, he had two requests. He wanted to see Niagara Falls and he wanted to visit Yerkes Observatory. The Yerkes Great Refractor, introduced in 1...
While the vast majority of amateur astronomers aren’t at all like Chuck – they’re at least alittlemore civil and polite - I’ve seen far too many who share Chuck’s views. The problem I see with many of today’s astronomy clubs and organizations is that most of the time they funda...
(MAUS) has brought astronomy to 50,000 music lovers at the National Mall (co-sponsor OSTP); Central Park Jazz, Newport Folk, Ravinia, or Tanglewood music festivals; and classical, folk, pop/rock, opera, Caribbean, or county-western concerts in parks assisted by astronomy clubs (55 events ...