CCPL Finksburg Solar Program

Date: Tuesday, 3/6/2012

Time: 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Location: Carroll County Public Library, Finksburg Branch, 2265 Old Westminster Pike, Finksburg, MD 21048 (Get Directions)

Event Log

Name of Primary Presenter/Organizer: Wayne Bird

Event Type: Community event / celebration

Number of club members participating as presenters: 1

Toolkits Used:
   PlanetQuest Kit
   Shadows & Silhouettes
   Exploring the Solar System
   Glass & Mirrors: An Inside Look at Telescopes
   Space Rocks
   Life In the Universe
   Other NSN Resources (Telecons, Astronomy Resources Download, etc)

Topics Covered:
   Comets
   Globe at Night (GaN)
   Gravity
   Light Pollution
   Milky Way Galaxy
   Phases & Eclipses
   Size/Distance Scales
   Solar System
   Sun
   Telescopes
   Universe

Total number of visitors: 146

Comments and anecdotes about the event:
CCPL Finksburg Solar Program. Program from Noon to 5:00 pm. (5 Total) 146 guests. Had some free time and it was sunny (45'). Went to one of the local library branches for a little solar observing. God must like me because the entire county library staff were there for their month meeting, they're a nice group of people (NOTICE how I used all the-their-there-they're)! Since I was to meet with the library director tomorrow about the up coming Venus Transit she had me come in and just give a 10-15 talk on what it was and what we were going to do. The Sunspots were huge easily seen through the eclipse glasses with out a telescope.