Omaha Astronomical Society

Astronomy Outreach at Elmwood Park, Omaha

Saturday, April 27, 2024

Event

Ten members from the Omaha Astronomical Society held solar telescope demos for over 200 visitors to our booth during the Earth Day Elmwood Park outreach. NASA stickers and infographics on Hubble and James Webb space telescopes were handed out as well as children NASA grab bags full of other NASA mission stickers, bookmarkers, and solar system trading cards. Highlights were shown of the solar eclipse, which 80 coverage occurred in Omaha.

Date: Saturday, April 27, 2024

Time: 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Central

Location: Elmwood Park
6232 Pacific St
Omaha, NE 68106

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Location Details

Elmwood Park
6232 Pacific St
Omaha, NE 68106
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Event Report

Comments and anecdotes about the event:
OAS has 3 viewing telescopes of the Sun to safely show sunspot. Unfortunately, clouds covered the Sun around mid-afternoon, yet many people enjoyed learning about sunspots! Also demonstrated relative sizes of Earth and Moon as well as their collective distance apart. Finally, the children enjoyed lifting the weight buckets - 6 pound brick on Earth weighs differently on other planetary surfaces/cloudtops!