MONET talk by Dr. Rick Hessman
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PowerPoint show
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Planispheres construction -Michael Furrey and Laura Higginbotham
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Mike shows Elleen Greybowski and Max Raymond his cutting skills
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Harrold Schenk with his shy tablemates Kathy Klimpel and Mark Raven while Jody Harkrider goes to assist
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Christopher Sanders and Denise Garza are engaged with the activity
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Rriscilla Raymond, William Baugh, Diana Kennen, and William Head
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Regan White, Priscilla Raymond, and William Baugh
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Kirby Junge, Janie Head, Tom Killen, and Amanda Chavira
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Charity Embley, Wade Gren, Mark Kelly, and Kathy Wilson
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Amanda and Chris Kinion practice with their new planispheres
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Kyle Fricke demonstrates the planispheres
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Wade describes using Stellarium.org
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Learning about PIRATE - a telescope in Majorca, Spain
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Running PIRATE on a iBook
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Dinner at the Astronomers' Lodge
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Chris and Laura enjoy their meal
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Focusing experiment
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Focusing experiment
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Dr. Hessman helps pairs of teachers take images
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Unwrapping the Galileoscope
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There are many, many parts in the box
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Laura and Doak Howarton are deep into construction
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Dr. Mary Kay Hemenway helps William Head with assembly
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Dr. Hemenway demonstates the tripod
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First light is in the classroom
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But, the tripods and telescopes are more fun outside
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What can you see?
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Cloudy sunset
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but the distant hills look great with the Galileoscope
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