Students Can Take Photos of Planets, Stars at Tellus Science Museum

The students and their families can participate in the workshop and take their own digital photos through Smithsonian observatories.

Students ages 8 and up will get the chance to operate a telescope and even take photos of what they observe through Tellus Science Museum, a Smithsonian Affiliate. But they need to register soon, as there's only room for 60 participants. Digital Astronomy Workshop The goal of the program is to teach youth participants through hands on exercises control the Smithsonian's Micro-Observatory robotic telescopes over the Internet. Participants will learn to take images of the universe. Images created will be used in astrophotography exhibitions featuring their unique images, captions, poems, and comparisons to images taken by NASA's space-based observatories. The program promotes increased interest, awareness, and knowledge of astronomy content…

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Stargaze at Tellus on National Astronomy Day

Come out Saturday and see why the stars have fascinated man since the dawn of time.

Tellus Science Museum on Saturday will celebrate National Astronomy Day.  This will be the third year in a row that Tellus has planned activities in conjunction with this nationally recognized day.  Originally conceived in California in 1973 by Doug Berger, then president of the Astronomical Association of Northern California, National Astronomy Day was meant to bring the world of astronomy closer to the average person. Berger decided that instead of enticing people to travel long distances to visit an observatory, he would setup telescopes at busy, urban locations like street corners, shopping malls and parks, to bring the world of astronomy closer to them. The idea was a hit and soon people wanted to see what the bigger telescopes had to…

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J.M. Prince

4:40 pm on Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Their site was given above: http://www.tellusmuseum.org/. There they tell you that: Take I-75, Exit 293, Cartersville, Georgia PH:770-606-5700. All of which was helpfully included in the story. Good luck with your visit! JMP   more ›