[Peyton-observing] Sorry: Re: Organizational meeting for Public Observing 2015-16

[Jegunn]

Sorry, all.

The Monday evening appears to collide with an all-department event which I 
did not know about. (most of you probably didn't either, but will). So let 
us meet Tuesday, Nov 10, at 7, in 140. Stephanie, could you do the 
reservation honors? It appears to be unused. Pizza, as before.

--jim

On Mon, 2 Nov 2015, Jegunn wrote:

>
> Most of you who responded can make Monday night, so let's do it
> then, in Room 140 (There are no events on the calendar for 140
> next Monday; could we reserve it, Stephanie?)
>
> So
>
> *** Monday 9 November, 7:00. ***
>
> We will go over schedule and logistics, and have a lesson on using the 
> telescope (and actually use it on the sky if it is clear). I will get pizza 
> in, of several varieties, and something to drink.
>
> Please do have a look at the website
>
> http://www.astro.princeton.edu/observatory/
>
> and come with questions if you have any.
>
> The schedule as it stands now is mostly empty, but I will paste it below.
> Please think about when you would like to help; if you are new, we will
> be sure than an old hand is with you, so don't be shy...
>
>
> --jim
>
> Date	          Time    Obs1	 Obs2	 Obs3	   Session
>
> Sep 09, 2015 (Wed) 9:00	  Munan	  Alwin	  Joshua    public
> Sep 16, 2015 (Wed) 9:00	  Munan	  Emmanuel Joshua   public
> Oct 07, 2015 (Wed) 8:00	  Munan	  Greta	  Rui	    public
> Oct 14, 2015 (Wed) 8:00	  Melinda Emmanuel ---      public
> Nov 04, 2015 (Wed) 7:00	  Greta	  Aida	  Melinda   public
> Nov 11, 2015 (Wed) 7:00	  Greta	  ----	  Melinda   public
> Dec 09, 2015 (Wed) 7:00	  Viraj	  ----	  ----	    public
> Dec 16, 2015 (Wed) 7:00	  Viraj	  ----	  ----	    public
> Jan 06, 2016 (Wed) 7:00	  ----	  ----	  ----	    public
> Jan 13, 2016 (Wed) 7:00	  ----	  ----	  ----	    public
> Feb 03, 2016 (Wed) 7:00	  ----	  ----	  ----	    public
> Feb 10, 2016 (Wed) 7:00	  ----	  ----	  ----	    public
> Mar 02, 2016 (Wed) 8:00	  ----	  ----	  ----	    public
> Mar 09, 2016 (Wed) 8:00	  ----	  ----	  ----	    public
> Mar 30, 2016 (Wed) 9:00	  ----	  ----	  ----	    public
> Apr 06, 2016 (Wed) 9:00	  ----	  ----	  ----	    public
> Apr 28, 2016 (Wed) 9:00	  ----	  ----	  ----	    public
> May 11, 2016 (Wed) 9:00	  ----	  ----	  ----	    public
> May 25, 2016 (Wed) 9:30	  ----	  ----	  ----	    public
> Jun 01, 2016 (Wed) 9:30	  ----	  ----	  ----	    public
> Jun 29, 2016 (Wed) 9:30	  ----	  ----	  ----	    public
> Jul 06, 2016 (Wed) 9:30	  ----	  ----	  ----	    public
> Jul 27, 2016 (Wed) 9:30	  ----	  ----	  ----	    public
> Aug 03, 2016 (Wed) 9:30	  ----	  ----	  ----	    public
>
> On Wed, 28 Oct 2015, Jegunn wrote:
>
>> 
>> That time of year again (actually, a little late), and am making my
>> annual call for volunteers to help with public observing.  We have a
>> 12-inch Meade Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope on the roof and open it to
>> the community once a month for regular public observing (see the
>> 'Monthly Observing Open House' link off the astro.princeton.edu website
>> -- many thanks to Steve Bickerton for writing this site).  The sky here
>> is pretty bright, but you can still see enough bright star clusters,
>> nearby galaxies, planets, emission nebulae, and colorful visual binaries
>> to make an interesting evening, and they are enthusiastically received
>> by the visitors.  This is an excellent opportunity for you to meet and
>> talk to a public quite interested in what we do.
>> 
>> I run this enterprise (with a lot of help, notably from Munan Gong,
>> second-in-command), but the last few years we have had a wonderful group
>> of volunteers -- undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, and
>> research staff -- who ran most of the sessions.  We will train new folks
>> in the use of the telescope, which is a modern machine which has
>> built-in catalogs and after some simple initial setup will point to
>> objects it knows about (many more than can be seen under Megalopolis
>> skies) at the operator's bidding.
>> 
>> There are in addition to the regular public sessions various special
>> requests from scout groups, classes, clubs, etc, perhaps another 10
>> sessions during the year. We will call for volunteers for these on an
>> ad hoc basis.
>> 
>> Please let me know if you are interested, and if you are please have a
>> serious look at the public webpage and the more technical ones
>> (www.astro.princeton.edu/observatory--there is also a link off the public
>> page) which will tell you quite a bit about the sessions and the
>> equipment.
>> 
>> We will have an organizational meeting the week of the 9th of November,
>> PROBABLY Monday the 9th. We will go over schedule and logistics, have
>> a training session on the telescope, and eat pizza (I will provide).
>> 
>> Please let me know if you are interested and want to come to the
>> meeting (or just want to come to the meeting) so I have a rough
>> headcount. Experienced folks from previous years are, of course,
>> more than welcome, and help keep me honest and remember things better
>> than I can by myself.
>> 
>> thanks much
>> 
>> --jim
>> 
>> 
>> 
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