Garvey Observatory
The Garvey Observatory is open tonight! Stop by and sign up for a free Telescope Making Class or take a tour of our dome where you will have a chance to look through our telescope.

Date: Wednesday, 7/18/2012

Time: 7:30 PM - 10:30 PM

Location: Garvey Ranch Park Observatory, 781 Orange Aveune, Monterey Park, CA 91755 (Get Directions)

Event Log

Name of Primary Presenter/Organizer: Sheri Breaux

Event Type: Star Party(Astronomy night): School/Public/Other group

Number of club members participating as presenters: 4

Toolkits Used:
   Our Magnetic Sun
   Other NSN Resources (Telecons, Astronomy Resources Download, etc)

Topics Covered:
   Comets
   Extrasolar Planets
   Globe at Night (GaN)
   Gravity
   Light Pollution
   Milky Way Galaxy
   Moon
   Multiwavelength Astronomy
   Phases & Eclipses
   Solar System
   Star Life Cycles
   Sun
   Telescopes
   Universe

Total number of visitors: 60

What materials were handed out?
Sky and Telescope, club bulletins, applications for membership, NSN stuff

Comments and anecdotes about the event:
We didn't open the dome due to the cloudy skies so we had a few tours and gave explanations about the telescope and grinding lenses. We had about 40 visitors last night. It was really busy! Packed all the way to the back! We also had a lot of club members present, about 25 who came with friends. The Denny's Bunch arrived! Bob Nolan gave a talk about glass grinding and was busy with a large group of people, too.