Programs & Events
Astronomy Days
Program Number:
None
Program Type:
Event
Date:
May. 19, 2012 | Saturday, 9:00am
Multiple Times:
Saturday May 19th, 9am–5pm and Sunday May 20th, noon–5pm
Location: Museum of Natural Sciences
The Museum partners with NASA and the Raleigh Astronomy Club to help you see the big picture — the Universe!
Activities & Exhibits
- NASA’s Destination Station will be here in the 2nd floor exhibit hall.
- Visit the museum’s new Astronomy Lab in our new wing!
- World Wide Telescope in the museum’s new Visualization Lab
- Scale of the Universe
- Astrophotography
- Take your picture in a space suit
- Rockets on Display
- Modeling the Cosmos
- Your Age and Weight on other Planets
- Face Painting
- Moon Bounce
- Make and Launch a Bottle Rocket
- Thermal Imaging
- Microgravity Research Team
- Astronomical Arthropods
- Bringing Back the Night Sky
- How Craters are Formed
…and More!
Talks, Workshops and Presentations
SATURDAY MAY 19 | |
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| 9:30 am | Windows on the World, Main Building Third Floor Volcano on the Far Side of the MoonMike Malaska, PhD., NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador |
| 10 am | Daily Planet, New Wing Making the Transition from the Shuttle to Commercial Space FlightTony Rice, NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador |
WRAL Digital Theater, Main Building First Floor Space Junk 3D MovieTickets required. Visit the box office on the First floor. | |
| 10:15 am | Environmental Conference Center, New Wing Fourth Floor Mini Workshop: Getting Started in Astronomy with KidsMike Keefe, Raleigh Astronomy Club |
| 10:30 am | Windows on the World, Main Building Third Floor Exploring the Edge of the Solar SystemIan Hewitt, NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador |
| 11 am | WRAL Digital Theater, Main Building First Floor Dinosaurs Alive! 3D MovieTickets required. Visit the box office on the First floor. |
| 11:30 am | Windows on the World, Main Building Third Floor Meet the Animals: Animals of the ConstellationsJan Weems, Museum Educator |
Daily Planet, New Wing The Epic Journey of Apollo 11Mike Lucas, NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador | |
| noon | WRAL Digital Theater, Main Building First Floor Space Junk 3D MovieTickets required. Visit the box office on the First floor. |
| 12:15 pm | Environmental Conference Center, New Wing Fourth Floor Mini Workshop: Getting Started in AstronomyMike Keefe, Raleigh Astronomy Club |
| 12:30 pm | Windows on the World, Main Building Third Floor Exoplanet Worlds around Other StarsMike Malaska, PhD., NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador |
| 1 pm | WRAL Digital Theater, Main Building First Floor Outside In (IMAX Space Movie)Stephen van Vuuren, SV2 Studios |
Daily Planet, New Wing The Origins of Planetary Systems in our GalaxyDr. Rachel Smith, Director, Astronomy & Space Observation Research Laboratory, NC Museum of Natural Sciences, Nature Research Center | |
| 1:30 pm | Windows on the World, Main Building Third Floor Meet the Animals: Animals of the ConstellationsJan Weems, Museum Educator |
| 1:45 pm | Environmental Conference Center, New Wing Fourth Floor Mini Workshop: Amateur AstrophotographyChris Cole, Raleigh Astronomy Club |
| 2 pm | WRAL Digital Theater, Main Building First Floor Dinosaurs Alive! 3D MovieTickets required. Visit the box office on the First floor. |
| 2:30 pm | Daily Planet, New Wing The Epic Journey of Apollo 11Mike Lucas, NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador |
Windows on the World, Main Building Third Floor Meet the Animals: Animals of the ConstellationsJan Weems, Museum Educator | |
| 3:00 pm | WRAL Digital Theater, Main Building First Floor Space Junk 3D MovieTickets required. Visit the box office on the First floor. |
| 3:15 pm | Environmental Conference Center, New Wing Fourth Floor Mini Workshop: Getting Started in Astronomy with KidsMike Keefe, Raleigh Astronomy Club |
| 3:30 pm | Windows on the World, Main Building Third Floor Astrobiology and the Search for Alien LifeMike Malaska, PhD., NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador |
| 4 pm | WRAL Digital Theater, Main Building First Floor Dinosaurs Alive! 3D MovieTickets required. Visit the box office on the First floor. |
Daily Planet, New Wing Exploring PlutoIan Hewitt, NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador | |
SUNDAY MAY 20 | |
|---|---|
| 12:30 pm | Windows on the World, Main Building Third Floor Astrobiology and the Search for Alien LifeMike Malaska, PhD., NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador |
| 1 pm | WRAL Digital Theater, Main Building First Floor Space Junk 3D MovieTickets required. Visit the box office on the First floor. |
| 1:15 pm | Environmental Conference Center, New Wing Fourth Floor Mini Workshop: Getting Started in AstronomyMike Keefe, Raleigh Astronomy Club |
| 1:30 pm | Windows on the World, Main Building Third Floor Meet the Animals: Animals of the ConstellationsJan Weems, Museum Educator |
| 2 pm | WRAL Digital Theater, Main Building First Floor Outside In (IMAX Space Movie)Stephen van Vuuren, SV2 Studios |
Daily Planet, New Wing Predicting What Aliens Will Look LikeJason Maron, Manager, Astronomy & Space Observation Research Laboratory, NRC | |
| 2:30 pm | Windows on the World, Main Building Third Floor Meet the Animals: Animals of the ConstellationsJan Weems, Museum Educator |
| 2:45 pm | Environmental Conference Center, New Wing Fourth Floor Mini Workshop: Amateur AstrophotographyChris Cole, Raleigh Astronomy Club |
| 3 pm | WRAL Digital Theater, Main Building First Floor Space Junk 3D MovieTickets required. Visit the box office on the First floor. |
| 3:30 pm | Windows on the World, Main Building Third Floor Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity at Gale CraterMike Malaska, PhD., NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador |
Daily Planet, New Wing Making the Transition from the Shuttle to Commercial Space FlightTony Rice, NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador | |
| 4 pm | Environmental Conference Center, New Wing Fourth Floor Mini Workshop: Getting Started in Astronomy with KidsMike Keefe, Raleigh Astronomy Club |
WRAL Digital Theater, Main Building First Floor Dinosaurs Alive! 3D MovieTickets required. Visit the box office on the First floor. | |
Participating groups
Raleigh Astronomy Club [RAC's Astronomy Days website]
Cary Space Camp
Chapel Hill Astronomical and Observational Society
NC Space Grant
NC State Astrophysics
Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute
Progress Energy
SV2 Studios
Tripoli Rocketry Association
UNC Pembroke
For more information contact Bonnie Eamick at 919.733.7450 x554 or bonnie.eamick@ncndenr.gov.
