You are invited to come to the Bray Hollow Nature Conservancy to join A Time for Science and Carolina Skies Astronomy Club for Summer Solstice 2010 on Monday, June 21 starting at about 8:30 pm (Weather and cloud cover permitting). Please register below!
Come a bit early and watch the setting sun. Compare its position to what you observed three months ago at the Equinox Party. Then see the rising of the Summer Triangle and its three beautiful constellations. See Venus in the evening sky then later see Mars and Saturn and its rings and moons. But most of all this is your chance to experience a touch of space!
While at the A Time for Science Learning Center participants will have an opportunity to see, touch, explore and examine the nose-wheel tire (see above) that went into space and back on the Space Shuttle Endeavour, Mission STS-113. This historic item is on loan from NASA and the Eastern NC Regional Science Center, Inc. (DBA Go-Science). Bring the kids. Bring the camera.
Some of the highlights will include:
- See the Summer Triangle and the Summer Constellations
- See Venus, Mars and Saturn
- Telescopes will be available for viewing
- A tour of the Summer Sky will be presented
- This is your chance to see and touch a Space Shuttle tire
A flyer for this event is available here: Summer Solstice 2010 Flyer
Registration for this event is: CLOSED
