PPSC Rampart Range (North) Campus As part of our continuing support for the Pikes Peak State College astronomy program our second (of three) campus Star Parties will be on Wednesday, April 17th 8-10 PM at the Rampart Range campus. We will be at the observatory on the east side of the main campus building. WeContinue reading “Pikes Peak State College Rampart Range (North) Campus Observing Event, Wednesday, April 17th, 8:00 – 10:00 PM”
PPSC Rampart Range (North) Campus As part of our continuing support for the Pikes Peak State College astronomy program our third (of three) campus Star Parties will be on Thursday, April 25th from 8-10 PM at the Downtown campus. We plan on setting up with students expected to arrive around 8:00pm. As views of theContinue reading “Pikes Peak State College Downtown Campus Observing Event, Thursday April 25th, 8:00 – 10:00 PM”
STEAM Night at Evan’s Elementary. Current plan is to do a daytime activity either indoors or outside if weather permits (Outside=Rockets!) and then, if outside, moving to Observing through telescopes once dark enough.
Star party at Horizon Middle School. We’ll set up on the East side of the school. While this is a star party for students of Horizon Middle School and their families, it is free and open to the public.
Even Saturdays can be a SUN-day. CSASTRO will be set up outside the Bear Creek Nature Center on Saturday, June 22nd from 9 am – Noon to share views of the Sun though special Solar Telescopes operated by CSASTRO members. These telescopes enable amazing views of surface features, filaments, prominences and flares on the SunContinue reading “SUN-Day in the Park, Bear Creek Nature Center, Saturday, June 22nd, 9 am – Noon”
Kids camp program at Bear Creek Nature Center. Signup for kids is via the Bear Creek Nature Center web site. For our program, we’ll offer views of the Sun through special solar telescopes and do a UV detecting bead bracelet activity, and experiments with prisms.
