Would anyone like to report on the Astronomy Festival in Bryce Canyon? -A
Ann, We were all very sorry that you couldn't make it to Bryce Canyon this year. We would have all been very happy to share this experience with you. The event was a smashing success again this year. On Wednesday night, we set up in the Circle C fairgrounds arena, where Story Musgrave, NASA's astronaut and Hubble repairman extraordinaire, spoke to over 700 attendees. The National Parks service provided personnel to guard over out telescopes that were set up out side so that we could listen to Story Musgrave. Story's presentation was fascinating. After that we had approximately 15 telescopes set up in a relatively dark area to view the night sky. On Thursday through Saturday nights, we had an average of 35 telescopes set up in Bryce Canyon National Park. The skies were very dark but a little hazy on Thursday night, very dark and extremely transparent on Saturday night making for extraordinary viewing and on Saturday night, clouds moved in and viewing was restricted to areas between the clouds moving through. In all, Chad Moore, with Bryce Canyon National Parks, estimated that over 7,000 visitors attended one or more of the events over the four day period. As for me, I totally enjoyed the event and had a good time visiting with the SLAS members and visitors that attended. Thanks, Rodger Fry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann House" <ann@annhouse.org> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 1:13 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Festival
Would anyone like to report on the Astronomy Festival in Bryce Canyon?
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Fabulous report, Rodger. Did anyone get pictures? I am thinking - an article in S&T perhaps. What other astronomical society gets 7000 visitors to an event? -A
I got a few photos. It was a great event. The parks service told us we have 7000 ish people to all the events. Wow Thurs and Friday night were spectacular viewing. Most of the public died out by 12;30 and we slasers went crazy after that with viewing wars and finding hard targets like the north American nebula etc. Saturday night was a bit dicy as the clouds kept commin and going. Jerry Foote's wife and I played a didgiredoo/ Indian flute duet for about an hour before the event opened to see if we could use medicine man magic to clear it up and it worked just enough that we did not have to cancel the viewing. The star b que was fantastic! All in all a really great event! Bob Bob Moore Commerce CRG - Salt Lake City office 175 East 400 South, Suite 700 Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 Direct: 801-303-5418 Main: 801-322-2000 Fax: 801-322-2040 BMoore@commercecrg.com www.commercecrg.com * * * * * * * * * * * NOTICE: This e-mail and any attachment contain confidential information that may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not review, retransmit, print, copy, use or disseminate it. Please immediately notify me by return e-mail and delete it. If this e-mail contains a forwarded e-mail or is a reply to a prior e-mail, the contents may not have been produced by the sender and therefore we are not responsible for its contents. It is the recipient's responsibility to take measures to ensure that this e-mail is virus free, and no responsibility is accepted by the author or Commerce CRG for any loss or damage arising in any way from its use. -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Ann House Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 4:32 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Festival Fabulous report, Rodger. Did anyone get pictures? I am thinking - an article in S&T perhaps. What other astronomical society gets 7000 visitors to an event? -A _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com
Oh, you noobs make me smile sometimes. The North America nebula isn't extremely hard to find, as DSO's go, and as far as observing it, I've even seen it from SPOC, some years ago in the wee hours before dawn. That said, it does require a fair amount of darkness and even more importantly, transparent skies (no smoke or dust). It is a very large object and is best seen with either the eyes alone or a very low power binocular. The best view I've ever had was through a 3X "opera glass" bino. Also try using a pair of broadband LPR filters over your unaided eyes. On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Bob Moore <BMoore@commercecrg.com> wrote: we slasers went crazy after that with viewing wars and finding hard targets like the north American nebula etc.
As I remember, Chuck we looked at it at SPOC with your binocs last year. Am I mistaken?
Erik Oh, you noobs make me smile sometimes.
The North America nebula isn't extremely hard to find, as DSO's go, and as far as observing it, I've even seen it from SPOC, some years ago in the wee hours before dawn.
That said, it does require a fair amount of darkness and even more importantly, transparent skies (no smoke or dust).
It is a very large object and is best seen with either the eyes alone or a very low power binocular. The best view I've ever had was through a 3X "opera glass" bino. Also try using a pair of broadband LPR filters over your unaided eyes.
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Now that you jog my memory, you're right, Erik. Many people fail to "locate" it simply because they fail to realize just how large it is. They try to see it in a telescope at their lowest power, often around 60x, which will only show a portion of it. On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 7:35 PM, <erikhansen@thebluezone.net> wrote:
As I remember, Chuck we looked at it at SPOC with your binocs last year. Am I mistaken?
Ann, I got a few. I will download them tonight and see what looks good and forward to you. I would suggest that you get with Bob Moore. He had his bazzillion-gigapixel camera there and I am sure that he took some that were very good quality. I think that it is an excellent idea to try and get an article in S&T about the event. THanks Rodger ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann House" <ann@annhouse.org> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 4:32 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Festival
Fabulous report, Rodger. Did anyone get pictures? I am thinking - an article in S&T perhaps. What other astronomical society gets 7000 visitors to an event?
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A few, but it is very impressive. An article for Sky&Tele or Astronomical League would be great. Maybe both. How bout it Joe?
Erik Fabulous report, Rodger. Did anyone get pictures? I am thinking - an
article in S&T perhaps. What other astronomical society gets 7000 visitors to an event?
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Humm, sounds interesting -- but I bet it would pack a lot more punch if written by an attendee. Talk it over and if you want me to help with editing suggestions I'll be happy to. Or if you want to funnel comments to me I can compile them to send to S&T or the League. -- Joe --- On Tue, 7/1/08, erikhansen@TheBlueZone.net <erikhansen@TheBlueZone.net> wrote: From: erikhansen@TheBlueZone.net <erikhansen@TheBlueZone.net> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Festival To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Tuesday, July 1, 2008, 7:33 PM
A few, but it is very impressive. An article for Sky&Tele or Astronomical League would be great. Maybe both. How bout it Joe?
Erik Fabulous report, Rodger. Did anyone get pictures? I am thinking - an
article in S&T perhaps. What other astronomical society gets 7000 visitors to an event?
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Your right about that Joe. I was hoping you had attended, but you are the most experienced writer.
Humm, sounds interesting -- but I bet it would pack a lot more punch if
written by an attendee. Talk it over and if you want me to help with editing suggestions I'll be happy to. Or if you want to funnel comments to me I can compile them to send to S&T or the League. -- Joe
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From: erikhansen@TheBlueZone.net <erikhansen@TheBlueZone.net> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Festival To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Tuesday, July 1, 2008, 7:33 PM
A few, but it is very impressive. An article for Sky&Tele or Astronomical League would be great. Maybe both. How bout it Joe?
Erik
Fabulous report, Rodger. Did anyone get pictures? I am thinking - an
article in S&T perhaps. What other astronomical society gets 7000 visitors to an event?
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I've been to a couple of these and I'm thinking the '7000 visitor' figure might be a little off. If not, and there were really 7000 visitors to this star party, then I am announcing here, today, the opening of my all night 7-11 just outside the park. ;)
Fabulous report, Rodger. Did anyone get pictures? I am thinking - an article in S&T perhaps. What other astronomical society gets 7000 visitors to an event?
-A
So, has anyone been up there yet this year? do we know if the road is open, or the "off-road" passable? Jo
Jo, I haven't been up there yet this year but I am planning on going up on the new moon weekend here in July (18th & 19th). The current road closure pdf ( http://commuterlink.utah.gov/2_home/RoadClosures.pdf ) shows that S.R. 35 opened on May 15th so I'm guessing we'll have no problem getting to the site. Hope to see you two up there. Dave P.S. I've included a Google Earth kmz for Wolf Creek if anyone is interested. On Jul 2, 2008, at 1:11 PM, Josephine Grahn wrote:
So, has anyone been up there yet this year? do we know if the road is open, or the "off-road" passable? Jo
I have a friend here at work that went camping there Monday and Tuesday. He said that it was beautiful. Everything is open. He said that there were some patches of snow up high on north facing slops and under trees. Dave -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Dave Bennett Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 2:26 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Anyone been to Wolf Creek this year? Jo, I haven't been up there yet this year but I am planning on going up on the new moon weekend here in July (18th & 19th). The current road closure pdf ( http://commuterlink.utah.gov/2_home/RoadClosures.pdf ) shows that S.R. 35 opened on May 15th so I'm guessing we'll have no problem getting to the site. Hope to see you two up there. Dave P.S. I've included a Google Earth kmz for Wolf Creek if anyone is interested.
Dave, New moon in July is this weekend. Full moon on the 18th. -A
Thanks Ann & Jo, Evidently I've been away from astronomy too long...can't even read the moon diagrams off my calendar. Ann, how was the sailing over the weekend with Ms. Onanssis? D On Jul 2, 2008, at 2:51 PM, Ann House wrote:
Dave,
New moon in July is this weekend. Full moon on the 18th.
-A
Dave, We just didn't want you expecting dark skies on the 18th! Mrs. Kennedy (or Ms. O) was a wonderful first mate. We didn't have good winds, but we did take it out and I got used to the riggings. We even showed our hosts a few night sky objects. When you see Mrs. O, ask her about the water trampoline. -A On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 5:38 PM, Dave Bennett <dlbennett@mac.com> wrote:
Thanks Ann & Jo,
Evidently I've been away from astronomy too long...can't even read the moon diagrams off my calendar. Ann, how was the sailing over the weekend with Ms. Onanssis?
D
On Jul 2, 2008, at 2:51 PM, Ann House wrote:
Dave,
New moon in July is this weekend. Full moon on the 18th.
-A
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Dave, I think you may have misread the calendar, new moon is today, full moon is the 18th... Would hate to have you miss it.. We are thinking about whether, and when we can go, so just checking the options. Jo Quoting Dave Bennett <dlbennett@mac.com>:
Jo,
I haven't been up there yet this year but I am planning on going up on the new moon weekend here in July (18th & 19th). The current road closure pdf ( http://commuterlink.utah.gov/2_home/RoadClosures.pdf ) shows that S.R. 35 opened on May 15th so I'm guessing we'll have no problem getting to the site. Hope to see you two up there.
Dave
P.S. I've included a Google Earth kmz for Wolf Creek if anyone is interested.
Park Ranger Chad Moore actually reported 7,000 "visitor contacts," not 7,000 visitors/attendees. If I understood Chad correctly, a visitor contact is defined as one person participating in a specific event. At the astronomy festival, these included persons attending a lecture, observing through a telescope (night or day), or taking part in the model rocket construction and launches. Theoretically, one visitor/attendee could account for several visitor contacts. Anyone wishing to prepare a news release of sorts or contact S&T should first speak with Chad to get a clearer definition of the numbers. I'm curious to know if the Park has anyway to track just how many people actually participated. BTW, I thoroughly enjoyed this year's festival and renewing friendships. It gets lonesome sometimes her in Sanpete. Kim -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of diveboss@xmission.com Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 10:02 AM To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Festival I've been to a couple of these and I'm thinking the '7000 visitor' figure might be a little off. If not, and there were really 7000 visitors to this star party, then I am announcing here, today, the opening of my all night 7-11 just outside the park. ;)
Fabulous report, Rodger. Did anyone get pictures? I am thinking - an article in S&T perhaps. What other astronomical society gets 7000 visitors to an event?
-A
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I think Chad had said the 7000+ figure also included visitor inquiries about the lectures/star parties. Just someone asking a question...that could account for quite a bunch. Like Kim said, better to clarify with Chad before anything gets submitted. Dave P.S. Anyone leave a Harmon's Observatory ball cap behind at Bryce? I found one in the men's restroom at North Campground (B Loop). Kim Hyatt, is this yours? Like father like son? On Jul 2, 2008, at 1:48 PM, Kim wrote:
Park Ranger Chad Moore actually reported 7,000 "visitor contacts," not 7,000 visitors/attendees. If I understood Chad correctly, a visitor contact is defined as one person participating in a specific event. At the astronomy festival, these included persons attending a lecture, observing through a telescope (night or day), or taking part in the model rocket construction and launches. Theoretically, one visitor/attendee could account for several visitor contacts. Anyone wishing to prepare a news release of sorts or contact S&T should first speak with Chad to get a clearer definition of the numbers. I'm curious to know if the Park has anyway to track just how many people actually participated.
BTW, I thoroughly enjoyed this year's festival and renewing friendships. It gets lonesome sometimes her in Sanpete.
Kim
I believe that Rodger has volunteered to pen an article for S&T. He will work with Chad and Kevin on the story. Those of you who have pictures, please send them to Rodger. Post them on the SLAS website too. I would love to see them. -A
Not mine - this time. Kim -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Dave Bennett Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 2:34 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Festival I think Chad had said the 7000+ figure also included visitor inquiries about the lectures/star parties. Just someone asking a question...that could account for quite a bunch. Like Kim said, better to clarify with Chad before anything gets submitted. Dave P.S. Anyone leave a Harmon's Observatory ball cap behind at Bryce? I found one in the men's restroom at North Campground (B Loop). Kim Hyatt, is this yours? Like father like son? On Jul 2, 2008, at 1:48 PM, Kim wrote:
Park Ranger Chad Moore actually reported 7,000 "visitor contacts," not 7,000 visitors/attendees. If I understood Chad correctly, a visitor contact is defined as one person participating in a specific event. At the astronomy festival, these included persons attending a lecture, observing through a telescope (night or day), or taking part in the model rocket construction and launches. Theoretically, one visitor/attendee could account for several visitor contacts. Anyone wishing to prepare a news release of sorts or contact S&T should first speak with Chad to get a clearer definition of the numbers. I'm curious to know if the Park has anyway to track just how many people actually participated.
BTW, I thoroughly enjoyed this year's festival and renewing friendships. It gets lonesome sometimes her in Sanpete.
Kim
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I am not sure we really need exact numbers as long as it is stated as "estimated" numbers. Exact numbers would be almost impossible.
Erik Not mine - this time.
Kim
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I think Chad had said the 7000+ figure also included visitor inquiries about the lectures/star parties. Just someone asking a question...that could account for quite a bunch. Like Kim said, better to clarify with Chad before anything gets submitted.
Dave
P.S. Anyone leave a Harmon's Observatory ball cap behind at Bryce? I found one in the men's restroom at North Campground (B Loop). Kim Hyatt, is this yours? Like father like son?
On Jul 2, 2008, at 1:48 PM, Kim wrote:
Park Ranger Chad Moore actually reported 7,000 "visitor contacts," not 7,000 visitors/attendees. If I understood Chad correctly, a visitor contact is defined as one person participating in a specific event. At the astronomy festival, these included persons attending a lecture, observing through a telescope (night or day), or taking part in the model rocket construction and launches. Theoretically, one visitor/attendee could account for several visitor contacts. Anyone wishing to prepare a news release of sorts or contact S&T should first speak with Chad to get a clearer definition of the numbers. I'm curious to know if the Park has anyway to track just how many people actually participated.
BTW, I thoroughly enjoyed this year's festival and renewing friendships. It gets lonesome sometimes her in Sanpete.
Kim
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I don't think we're talking about exact numbers, but the figure for "visitor contacts" could differ from the actual number of participants by hundreds, if not thousands. In my opinion, the significance of the Bryce Canyon National Park Astronomy Festival is that it does draw very large numbers, and few of them are astronomers. I'm confident the number of persons who really took an interest in the events offered would, indeed, be in the thousands. Kim -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of erikhansen@TheBlueZone.net Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 3:37 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Festival
I am not sure we really need exact numbers as long as it is stated as "estimated" numbers. Exact numbers would be almost impossible.
Erik Not mine - this time.
Kim
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I think Chad had said the 7000+ figure also included visitor inquiries about the lectures/star parties. Just someone asking a question...that could account for quite a bunch. Like Kim said, better to clarify with Chad before anything gets submitted.
Dave
P.S. Anyone leave a Harmon's Observatory ball cap behind at Bryce? I found one in the men's restroom at North Campground (B Loop). Kim Hyatt, is this yours? Like father like son?
On Jul 2, 2008, at 1:48 PM, Kim wrote:
Park Ranger Chad Moore actually reported 7,000 "visitor contacts," not 7,000 visitors/attendees. If I understood Chad correctly, a visitor contact is defined as one person participating in a specific event. At the astronomy festival, these included persons attending a lecture, observing through a telescope (night or day), or taking part in the model rocket construction and launches. Theoretically, one visitor/attendee could account for several visitor contacts. Anyone wishing to prepare a news release of sorts or contact S&T should first speak with Chad to get a clearer definition of the numbers. I'm curious to know if the Park has anyway to track just how many people actually participated.
BTW, I thoroughly enjoyed this year's festival and renewing friendships. It gets lonesome sometimes her in Sanpete.
Kim
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Kim, I appreciate your insight to the number of visitor contacts made. I am almost done with a draft and will send this to Kevin and Chad when done for their review. Thanks Again and I too thought this years event was fantastic. Rodger Fry SLAS boardmember ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim" <kimharch@cut.net> To: "'Utah Astronomy'" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 1:48 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Festival
Park Ranger Chad Moore actually reported 7,000 "visitor contacts," not 7,000 visitors/attendees. If I understood Chad correctly, a visitor contact is defined as one person participating in a specific event. At the astronomy festival, these included persons attending a lecture, observing through a telescope (night or day), or taking part in the model rocket construction and launches. Theoretically, one visitor/attendee could account for several visitor contacts. Anyone wishing to prepare a news release of sorts or contact S&T should first speak with Chad to get a clearer definition of the numbers. I'm curious to know if the Park has anyway to track just how many people actually participated.
BTW, I thoroughly enjoyed this year's festival and renewing friendships. It gets lonesome sometimes her in Sanpete.
Kim
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I've been to a couple of these and I'm thinking the '7000 visitor' figure might be a little off. If not, and there were really 7000 visitors to this star party, then I am announcing here, today, the opening of my all night 7-11 just outside the park. ;)
Fabulous report, Rodger. Did anyone get pictures? I am thinking - an article in S&T perhaps. What other astronomical society gets 7000 visitors to an event?
-A
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What number will you use for attendance? -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Rodger Fry Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 1:56 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Festival Kim, I appreciate your insight to the number of visitor contacts made. I am almost done with a draft and will send this to Kevin and Chad when done for their review. Thanks Again and I too thought this years event was fantastic. Rodger Fry SLAS boardmember ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim" <kimharch@cut.net> To: "'Utah Astronomy'" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 1:48 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Festival
Park Ranger Chad Moore actually reported 7,000 "visitor contacts," not 7,000 visitors/attendees. If I understood Chad correctly, a visitor contact is defined as one person participating in a specific event. At the astronomy festival, these included persons attending a lecture, observing through a telescope (night or day), or taking part in the model rocket construction and launches. Theoretically, one visitor/attendee could account for several visitor contacts. Anyone wishing to prepare a news release of sorts or contact S&T should first speak with Chad to get a clearer definition of the numbers. I'm curious to know if the Park has anyway to track just how many people actually participated.
BTW, I thoroughly enjoyed this year's festival and renewing friendships. It gets lonesome sometimes her in Sanpete.
Kim
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I've been to a couple of these and I'm thinking the '7000 visitor' figure might be a little off. If not, and there were really 7000 visitors to this star party, then I am announcing here, today, the opening of my all night 7-11 just outside the park. ;)
Fabulous report, Rodger. Did anyone get pictures? I am thinking - an article in S&T perhaps. What other astronomical society gets 7000 visitors to an event?
-A
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Kym, Attached is the draft that I have come up with. I used 7,000 visitor contacts. This is what the NPS uses as official count but they recognize that one individual can attend more than one event and be duplicated in the count. Make any changes using the track change option and email back to me by July 4th. Send any photos that you might have. I am looking for some that are better than the ones I took. Thanks,Rodger Fry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim" <kimharch@cut.net> To: "'Utah Astronomy'" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 5:15 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Festival
What number will you use for attendance?
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Rodger Fry Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 1:56 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Festival
Kim, I appreciate your insight to the number of visitor contacts made. I am almost done with a draft and will send this to Kevin and Chad when done for their review.
Thanks Again and I too thought this years event was fantastic.
Rodger Fry SLAS boardmember
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim" <kimharch@cut.net> To: "'Utah Astronomy'" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 1:48 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Festival
Park Ranger Chad Moore actually reported 7,000 "visitor contacts," not 7,000 visitors/attendees. If I understood Chad correctly, a visitor contact is defined as one person participating in a specific event. At the astronomy festival, these included persons attending a lecture, observing through a telescope (night or day), or taking part in the model rocket construction and launches. Theoretically, one visitor/attendee could account for several visitor contacts. Anyone wishing to prepare a news release of sorts or contact S&T should first speak with Chad to get a clearer definition of the numbers. I'm curious to know if the Park has anyway to track just how many people actually participated.
BTW, I thoroughly enjoyed this year's festival and renewing friendships. It gets lonesome sometimes her in Sanpete.
Kim
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I've been to a couple of these and I'm thinking the '7000 visitor' figure might be a little off. If not, and there were really 7000 visitors to this star party, then I am announcing here, today, the opening of my all night 7-11 just outside the park. ;)
Fabulous report, Rodger. Did anyone get pictures? I am thinking - an article in S&T perhaps. What other astronomical society gets 7000 visitors to an event?
-A
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Did anyone leave a Harmon's Observatory baseball cap behind at Bryce Canyon this last weekend? I have it if you did. It was found in B Loop's men's restroom in North campground. Dave Bennett
Rodger, The attachment didn't come through - maybe something to do with list filters. I'd like to see the draft, though. Is there another way to share it? If you wish, you could send directly to me a pdf file or an editable Word version (for minor comments only, of course). Anyway, I'm glad you had the time to do this. I think S&T and our amateur brothers nationwide/worldwide should be aware of just how much public outreach SLAS is responsible for. Kim -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Rodger Fry Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 5:28 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Festival Kym, Attached is the draft that I have come up with. I used 7,000 visitor contacts. This is what the NPS uses as official count but they recognize that one individual can attend more than one event and be duplicated in the count. Make any changes using the track change option and email back to me by July 4th. Send any photos that you might have. I am looking for some that are better than the ones I took. Thanks,Rodger Fry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim" <kimharch@cut.net> To: "'Utah Astronomy'" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 5:15 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Festival
What number will you use for attendance?
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Rodger Fry Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 1:56 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Festival
Kim, I appreciate your insight to the number of visitor contacts made. I am almost done with a draft and will send this to Kevin and Chad when done for their review.
Thanks Again and I too thought this years event was fantastic.
Rodger Fry SLAS boardmember
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim" <kimharch@cut.net> To: "'Utah Astronomy'" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 1:48 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Festival
Park Ranger Chad Moore actually reported 7,000 "visitor contacts," not 7,000 visitors/attendees. If I understood Chad correctly, a visitor contact is defined as one person participating in a specific event. At the astronomy festival, these included persons attending a lecture, observing through a telescope (night or day), or taking part in the model rocket construction and launches. Theoretically, one visitor/attendee could account for several visitor contacts. Anyone wishing to prepare a news release of sorts or contact S&T should first speak with Chad to get a clearer definition of the numbers. I'm curious to know if the Park has anyway to track just how many people actually participated.
BTW, I thoroughly enjoyed this year's festival and renewing friendships. It gets lonesome sometimes her in Sanpete.
Kim
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of diveboss@xmission.com Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 10:02 AM To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Festival
I've been to a couple of these and I'm thinking the '7000 visitor' figure might be a little off. If not, and there were really 7000 visitors to this star party, then I am announcing here, today, the opening of my all night 7-11 just outside the park. ;)
Fabulous report, Rodger. Did anyone get pictures? I am thinking - an article in S&T perhaps. What other astronomical society gets 7000 visitors to an event?
-A
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Kim, I hav cut and pasted the draft below. You may want to cut and paste it into word if you plan to do any editing and forward it back. Thanks Rodger Bryce Canyon National Park 2008 Astronomical Festival Bryce Canyon National Park is located 200 miles south of Salt Lake City, Utah in the high-mountain Paunsaugunt Plateau of south central Utah. The park has landscape of breathtaking proportion formed by the pink and red sedimentary rock, deposited millions of years ago, which have been deeply eroded by water, ice and wind to form spectacular spires and "hoodoos". As the sun sets, the red glow shinning on the cliffs is awe-inspiring. But the real beauty of the park occurs when it undergoes a dramatic metamorphosis at nightfall after the sun sets and the clear, dry-mountain air together with the remote location, offers star viewing with unparalleled beauty never before experienced by most visitors. The park is situated at an elevation of 7,800 feet where clear, dry air prevails in the early summer months. Management of Bryce Canyon National Park recognized the unique beauty of the park at night and the potential to generate interest in viewing the night sky. This encouraged them to start hosting an annual Astronomy Festival about ten years ago. This event is scheduled near the new-moon cycle in June annually. The Bryce Canyon Park Staff team up with the Salt Lake Astronomical Society (SLAS) who provides volunteers with their telescopes for the celestial viewing. This year's festival, held between June 25th and June 28th, 2008 was a resounding success with over 7,000 visitor contacts including travelers from far points of the globe and members of the local population. Some visitors as far away as Germany had scheduled their trip to coincide with the Astronomical Festival. The kick-off to this year's festival was on the evening of June 25th when Story Musgrave, space shuttle astronaut and Hubble Telescope repairman extraordinaire, spoke to about 700 visitors that had gathered in the nearby town of Panguitch, Utah (25 miles west of Bryce Canyon National Park). His farm-boy countenance and approach to resolving problems with the Hubble Telescope and life in general, for that matter, went over well with many of the residence in this small farming community of about 1,500 people. After the lecture, the visitors viewed the sky through about fifteen telescopes that had been set up by SLAS volunteers in the parking lot adjacent to the building. The community had asked for a voluntary lights-out (including city street lights) during that time to aid in the star viewing. This enabled viewing of many of the brighter deep-sky objects to the delight of the visitors, many of which had never viewed a nebula or galaxy through a telescope. The next three days (June 26th-28th, 2008) included events within the boundaries of Bryce Canyon National Park. During the daylight hours, solar telescopes, both white-light and hydrogen-alpha, were set up near the visitor's center for public viewing along with posters explaining about our Sun. Lectures were also provided in the visitor's center during the day. They provide lectures designed to educate visitors about the effects of light pollution not only to astronomers but to the environment as well (plants and animals alike). About 6:00 PM nightly, SLAS volunteers began setting up their telescopes in a parking lot a few hundred yards from the visitor's center that had been specifically reserved for night-sky viewing. About 35-40 telescopes ranging in size from 4" refractors to 24" dobsonians were set up. After setting up and prior to dusk, the volunteers settled into a ritual of relaxation and visiting with fellow members discussing the new equipment each member had purchased as part of the on-going telescopic arms race that exists in every club world-wide. Some members listened to relaxing music provided by the SLAS president, Bob Moore, playing his didgeridoo accompanied by Cindy Foot (co-discoverer of an exo-planet and SLAS member) playing an American-Indian wood flute (all to daunt the few clouds on the distant horizon). Park visitors, many of which were attending the three nightly lectures on the night-sky and telescope etiquette, were directed into the parking lot beginning at 9:45 PM and were amazed at the view of Saturn and the Hercules Globular Cluster. At the direction of the park staff, half of the telescopes were centered on Saturn and the other half on M-13. This enabled the volunteers to quickly accommodate the initial rush of visitors totaling about 200 people. The park staff also encouraged each of the volunteers to explain what the visitors were viewing in terms of its size, distance from earth, genesis and its role or setting in the Universe. After the first 30 minutes and after the twilight glow had diminished, each volunteer directed their telescope on their favorite object. The parking lot was filled with the sound of "oohs" and "aahs" as the visitors viewed the numerous nebulas and galaxies, many for the first time. Kevin Poe, park ranger, known as the "Dark-Ranger", conducted constellation tours from the parking lot for the visitors. The viewing continued for about three-hours each night with a line of about ten visitors at each telescope anxiously anticipating their turn to view the celestial jewel that awaited them. After the guests had departed, about 1:30 AM each morning, the volunteers began in a non-declared telescope war to see who could get the most dramatic view of their favorite deep-sky object or who could split the closest binary star. This friendly war usually lasted until about 3:00 AM when the volunteers were totally exhausted because they had spent the entire previous day exploring one or more of the spectacular canyons of the park. The viewing on Thursday and Friday nights, June 26th and 27th, 2008 was very clear and dark, with exceptionally transparent skies present on Friday night that amazed even the most seasoned amateur astronomer. On the last day, Saturday June 28, 2008, intermittent clouds moved in forcing the volunteers to select targets between the clouds challenging the viewing. This presented a test for the volunteers but didn't spoil the fun for the visitors or volunteers. The event came to an end at 12:01 AM Sunday, June 29, 2008, when the parks staff treated all the volunteers with their famous "Star-B-Que" including steaks, salads, country beans and plenty of pie. As the event drew to a close, the volunteers felt a sense of gratification for the number of people they had introduced to the joy and beauty of observing the celestial bodies. They also marveled at how astounding the celestial wonders reveal themselves in exceptional dark-sky conditions such as provided at Bryce Canyon National Park. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim" <kimharch@cut.net> To: "'Utah Astronomy'" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 12:59 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Festival
Rodger, The attachment didn't come through - maybe something to do with list filters. I'd like to see the draft, though. Is there another way to share it? If you wish, you could send directly to me a pdf file or an editable Word version (for minor comments only, of course). Anyway, I'm glad you had the time to do this. I think S&T and our amateur brothers nationwide/worldwide should be aware of just how much public outreach SLAS is responsible for.
Kim
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Rodger Fry Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 5:28 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Festival
Kym, Attached is the draft that I have come up with. I used 7,000 visitor contacts. This is what the NPS uses as official count but they recognize that one individual can attend more than one event and be duplicated in the count.
Make any changes using the track change option and email back to me by July 4th. Send any photos that you might have. I am looking for some that are better than the ones I took.
Thanks,Rodger Fry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim" <kimharch@cut.net> To: "'Utah Astronomy'" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 5:15 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Festival
What number will you use for attendance?
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Rodger Fry Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 1:56 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Festival
Kim, I appreciate your insight to the number of visitor contacts made. I am almost done with a draft and will send this to Kevin and Chad when done for their review.
Thanks Again and I too thought this years event was fantastic.
Rodger Fry SLAS boardmember
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim" <kimharch@cut.net> To: "'Utah Astronomy'" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 1:48 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Festival
Park Ranger Chad Moore actually reported 7,000 "visitor contacts," not 7,000 visitors/attendees. If I understood Chad correctly, a visitor contact is defined as one person participating in a specific event. At the astronomy festival, these included persons attending a lecture, observing through a telescope (night or day), or taking part in the model rocket construction and launches. Theoretically, one visitor/attendee could account for several visitor contacts. Anyone wishing to prepare a news release of sorts or contact S&T should first speak with Chad to get a clearer definition of the numbers. I'm curious to know if the Park has anyway to track just how many people actually participated.
BTW, I thoroughly enjoyed this year's festival and renewing friendships. It gets lonesome sometimes her in Sanpete.
Kim
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of diveboss@xmission.com Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 10:02 AM To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Festival
I've been to a couple of these and I'm thinking the '7000 visitor' figure might be a little off. If not, and there were really 7000 visitors to this star party, then I am announcing here, today, the opening of my all night 7-11 just outside the park. ;)
Fabulous report, Rodger. Did anyone get pictures? I am thinking - an article in S&T perhaps. What other astronomical society gets 7000 visitors to an event?
-A
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Thanks, Rodger. I don't have time to look it over and comment now, but I will today or tomorrow. Have you called S&T to gauge their interest? You might try speaking with Roger Sinnot. Kim -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Rodger Fry Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 1:19 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Festival Kim, I hav cut and pasted the draft below. You may want to cut and paste it into word if you plan to do any editing and forward it back. Thanks Rodger Bryce Canyon National Park 2008 Astronomical Festival Bryce Canyon National Park is located 200 miles south of Salt Lake City, Utah in the high-mountain Paunsaugunt Plateau of south central Utah. The park has landscape of breathtaking proportion formed by the pink and red sedimentary rock, deposited millions of years ago, which have been deeply eroded by water, ice and wind to form spectacular spires and "hoodoos". As the sun sets, the red glow shinning on the cliffs is awe-inspiring. But the real beauty of the park occurs when it undergoes a dramatic metamorphosis at nightfall after the sun sets and the clear, dry-mountain air together with the remote location, offers star viewing with unparalleled beauty never before experienced by most visitors. The park is situated at an elevation of 7,800 feet where clear, dry air prevails in the early summer months. Management of Bryce Canyon National Park recognized the unique beauty of the park at night and the potential to generate interest in viewing the night sky. This encouraged them to start hosting an annual Astronomy Festival about ten years ago. This event is scheduled near the new-moon cycle in June annually. The Bryce Canyon Park Staff team up with the Salt Lake Astronomical Society (SLAS) who provides volunteers with their telescopes for the celestial viewing. This year's festival, held between June 25th and June 28th, 2008 was a resounding success with over 7,000 visitor contacts including travelers from far points of the globe and members of the local population. Some visitors as far away as Germany had scheduled their trip to coincide with the Astronomical Festival. The kick-off to this year's festival was on the evening of June 25th when Story Musgrave, space shuttle astronaut and Hubble Telescope repairman extraordinaire, spoke to about 700 visitors that had gathered in the nearby town of Panguitch, Utah (25 miles west of Bryce Canyon National Park). His farm-boy countenance and approach to resolving problems with the Hubble Telescope and life in general, for that matter, went over well with many of the residence in this small farming community of about 1,500 people. After the lecture, the visitors viewed the sky through about fifteen telescopes that had been set up by SLAS volunteers in the parking lot adjacent to the building. The community had asked for a voluntary lights-out (including city street lights) during that time to aid in the star viewing. This enabled viewing of many of the brighter deep-sky objects to the delight of the visitors, many of which had never viewed a nebula or galaxy through a telescope. The next three days (June 26th-28th, 2008) included events within the boundaries of Bryce Canyon National Park. During the daylight hours, solar telescopes, both white-light and hydrogen-alpha, were set up near the visitor's center for public viewing along with posters explaining about our Sun. Lectures were also provided in the visitor's center during the day. They provide lectures designed to educate visitors about the effects of light pollution not only to astronomers but to the environment as well (plants and animals alike). About 6:00 PM nightly, SLAS volunteers began setting up their telescopes in a parking lot a few hundred yards from the visitor's center that had been specifically reserved for night-sky viewing. About 35-40 telescopes ranging in size from 4" refractors to 24" dobsonians were set up. After setting up and prior to dusk, the volunteers settled into a ritual of relaxation and visiting with fellow members discussing the new equipment each member had purchased as part of the on-going telescopic arms race that exists in every club world-wide. Some members listened to relaxing music provided by the SLAS president, Bob Moore, playing his didgeridoo accompanied by Cindy Foot (co-discoverer of an exo-planet and SLAS member) playing an American-Indian wood flute (all to daunt the few clouds on the distant horizon). Park visitors, many of which were attending the three nightly lectures on the night-sky and telescope etiquette, were directed into the parking lot beginning at 9:45 PM and were amazed at the view of Saturn and the Hercules Globular Cluster. At the direction of the park staff, half of the telescopes were centered on Saturn and the other half on M-13. This enabled the volunteers to quickly accommodate the initial rush of visitors totaling about 200 people. The park staff also encouraged each of the volunteers to explain what the visitors were viewing in terms of its size, distance from earth, genesis and its role or setting in the Universe. After the first 30 minutes and after the twilight glow had diminished, each volunteer directed their telescope on their favorite object. The parking lot was filled with the sound of "oohs" and "aahs" as the visitors viewed the numerous nebulas and galaxies, many for the first time. Kevin Poe, park ranger, known as the "Dark-Ranger", conducted constellation tours from the parking lot for the visitors. The viewing continued for about three-hours each night with a line of about ten visitors at each telescope anxiously anticipating their turn to view the celestial jewel that awaited them. After the guests had departed, about 1:30 AM each morning, the volunteers began in a non-declared telescope war to see who could get the most dramatic view of their favorite deep-sky object or who could split the closest binary star. This friendly war usually lasted until about 3:00 AM when the volunteers were totally exhausted because they had spent the entire previous day exploring one or more of the spectacular canyons of the park. The viewing on Thursday and Friday nights, June 26th and 27th, 2008 was very clear and dark, with exceptionally transparent skies present on Friday night that amazed even the most seasoned amateur astronomer. On the last day, Saturday June 28, 2008, intermittent clouds moved in forcing the volunteers to select targets between the clouds challenging the viewing. This presented a test for the volunteers but didn't spoil the fun for the visitors or volunteers. The event came to an end at 12:01 AM Sunday, June 29, 2008, when the parks staff treated all the volunteers with their famous "Star-B-Que" including steaks, salads, country beans and plenty of pie. As the event drew to a close, the volunteers felt a sense of gratification for the number of people they had introduced to the joy and beauty of observing the celestial bodies. They also marveled at how astounding the celestial wonders reveal themselves in exceptional dark-sky conditions such as provided at Bryce Canyon National Park. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim" <kimharch@cut.net> To: "'Utah Astronomy'" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 12:59 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Festival
Rodger, The attachment didn't come through - maybe something to do with list filters. I'd like to see the draft, though. Is there another way to share it? If you wish, you could send directly to me a pdf file or an editable Word version (for minor comments only, of course). Anyway, I'm glad you had the time to do this. I think S&T and our amateur brothers nationwide/worldwide should be aware of just how much public outreach SLAS is responsible for.
Kim
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Rodger Fry Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 5:28 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Festival
Kym, Attached is the draft that I have come up with. I used 7,000 visitor contacts. This is what the NPS uses as official count but they recognize that one individual can attend more than one event and be duplicated in the count.
Make any changes using the track change option and email back to me by July 4th. Send any photos that you might have. I am looking for some that are better than the ones I took.
Thanks,Rodger Fry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim" <kimharch@cut.net> To: "'Utah Astronomy'" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 5:15 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Festival
What number will you use for attendance?
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Rodger Fry Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 1:56 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Festival
Kim, I appreciate your insight to the number of visitor contacts made. I am almost done with a draft and will send this to Kevin and Chad when done for their review.
Thanks Again and I too thought this years event was fantastic.
Rodger Fry SLAS boardmember
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim" <kimharch@cut.net> To: "'Utah Astronomy'" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 1:48 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Festival
Park Ranger Chad Moore actually reported 7,000 "visitor contacts," not 7,000 visitors/attendees. If I understood Chad correctly, a visitor contact is defined as one person participating in a specific event. At the astronomy festival, these included persons attending a lecture, observing through a telescope (night or day), or taking part in the model rocket construction and launches. Theoretically, one visitor/attendee could account for several visitor contacts. Anyone wishing to prepare a news release of sorts or contact S&T should first speak with Chad to get a clearer definition of the numbers. I'm curious to know if the Park has anyway to track just how many people actually participated.
BTW, I thoroughly enjoyed this year's festival and renewing friendships. It gets lonesome sometimes her in Sanpete.
Kim
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of diveboss@xmission.com Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 10:02 AM To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Festival
I've been to a couple of these and I'm thinking the '7000 visitor' figure might be a little off. If not, and there were really 7000 visitors to this star party, then I am announcing here, today, the opening of my all night 7-11 just outside the park. ;)
Fabulous report, Rodger. Did anyone get pictures? I am thinking - an article in S&T perhaps. What other astronomical society gets 7000 visitors to an event?
-A
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I just had a thought (yes, it happens, rarely, but it does happen): Perhaps the article for submittal to S&T should come from Chad Moore or Kevin Poe. What do y'all think? -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Rodger Fry Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 1:19 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Festival Kim, I hav cut and pasted the draft below. You may want to cut and paste it into word if you plan to do any editing and forward it back. Thanks Rodger Bryce Canyon National Park 2008 Astronomical Festival Bryce Canyon National Park is located 200 miles south of Salt Lake City, Utah in the high-mountain Paunsaugunt Plateau of south central Utah. The park has landscape of breathtaking proportion formed by the pink and red sedimentary rock, deposited millions of years ago, which have been deeply eroded by water, ice and wind to form spectacular spires and "hoodoos". As the sun sets, the red glow shinning on the cliffs is awe-inspiring. But the real beauty of the park occurs when it undergoes a dramatic metamorphosis at nightfall after the sun sets and the clear, dry-mountain air together with the remote location, offers star viewing with unparalleled beauty never before experienced by most visitors. The park is situated at an elevation of 7,800 feet where clear, dry air prevails in the early summer months. Management of Bryce Canyon National Park recognized the unique beauty of the park at night and the potential to generate interest in viewing the night sky. This encouraged them to start hosting an annual Astronomy Festival about ten years ago. This event is scheduled near the new-moon cycle in June annually. The Bryce Canyon Park Staff team up with the Salt Lake Astronomical Society (SLAS) who provides volunteers with their telescopes for the celestial viewing. This year's festival, held between June 25th and June 28th, 2008 was a resounding success with over 7,000 visitor contacts including travelers from far points of the globe and members of the local population. Some visitors as far away as Germany had scheduled their trip to coincide with the Astronomical Festival. The kick-off to this year's festival was on the evening of June 25th when Story Musgrave, space shuttle astronaut and Hubble Telescope repairman extraordinaire, spoke to about 700 visitors that had gathered in the nearby town of Panguitch, Utah (25 miles west of Bryce Canyon National Park). His farm-boy countenance and approach to resolving problems with the Hubble Telescope and life in general, for that matter, went over well with many of the residence in this small farming community of about 1,500 people. After the lecture, the visitors viewed the sky through about fifteen telescopes that had been set up by SLAS volunteers in the parking lot adjacent to the building. The community had asked for a voluntary lights-out (including city street lights) during that time to aid in the star viewing. This enabled viewing of many of the brighter deep-sky objects to the delight of the visitors, many of which had never viewed a nebula or galaxy through a telescope. The next three days (June 26th-28th, 2008) included events within the boundaries of Bryce Canyon National Park. During the daylight hours, solar telescopes, both white-light and hydrogen-alpha, were set up near the visitor's center for public viewing along with posters explaining about our Sun. Lectures were also provided in the visitor's center during the day. They provide lectures designed to educate visitors about the effects of light pollution not only to astronomers but to the environment as well (plants and animals alike). About 6:00 PM nightly, SLAS volunteers began setting up their telescopes in a parking lot a few hundred yards from the visitor's center that had been specifically reserved for night-sky viewing. About 35-40 telescopes ranging in size from 4" refractors to 24" dobsonians were set up. After setting up and prior to dusk, the volunteers settled into a ritual of relaxation and visiting with fellow members discussing the new equipment each member had purchased as part of the on-going telescopic arms race that exists in every club world-wide. Some members listened to relaxing music provided by the SLAS president, Bob Moore, playing his didgeridoo accompanied by Cindy Foot (co-discoverer of an exo-planet and SLAS member) playing an American-Indian wood flute (all to daunt the few clouds on the distant horizon). Park visitors, many of which were attending the three nightly lectures on the night-sky and telescope etiquette, were directed into the parking lot beginning at 9:45 PM and were amazed at the view of Saturn and the Hercules Globular Cluster. At the direction of the park staff, half of the telescopes were centered on Saturn and the other half on M-13. This enabled the volunteers to quickly accommodate the initial rush of visitors totaling about 200 people. The park staff also encouraged each of the volunteers to explain what the visitors were viewing in terms of its size, distance from earth, genesis and its role or setting in the Universe. After the first 30 minutes and after the twilight glow had diminished, each volunteer directed their telescope on their favorite object. The parking lot was filled with the sound of "oohs" and "aahs" as the visitors viewed the numerous nebulas and galaxies, many for the first time. Kevin Poe, park ranger, known as the "Dark-Ranger", conducted constellation tours from the parking lot for the visitors. The viewing continued for about three-hours each night with a line of about ten visitors at each telescope anxiously anticipating their turn to view the celestial jewel that awaited them. After the guests had departed, about 1:30 AM each morning, the volunteers began in a non-declared telescope war to see who could get the most dramatic view of their favorite deep-sky object or who could split the closest binary star. This friendly war usually lasted until about 3:00 AM when the volunteers were totally exhausted because they had spent the entire previous day exploring one or more of the spectacular canyons of the park. The viewing on Thursday and Friday nights, June 26th and 27th, 2008 was very clear and dark, with exceptionally transparent skies present on Friday night that amazed even the most seasoned amateur astronomer. On the last day, Saturday June 28, 2008, intermittent clouds moved in forcing the volunteers to select targets between the clouds challenging the viewing. This presented a test for the volunteers but didn't spoil the fun for the visitors or volunteers. The event came to an end at 12:01 AM Sunday, June 29, 2008, when the parks staff treated all the volunteers with their famous "Star-B-Que" including steaks, salads, country beans and plenty of pie. As the event drew to a close, the volunteers felt a sense of gratification for the number of people they had introduced to the joy and beauty of observing the celestial bodies. They also marveled at how astounding the celestial wonders reveal themselves in exceptional dark-sky conditions such as provided at Bryce Canyon National Park. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim" <kimharch@cut.net> To: "'Utah Astronomy'" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 12:59 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Festival
Rodger, The attachment didn't come through - maybe something to do with list filters. I'd like to see the draft, though. Is there another way to share it? If you wish, you could send directly to me a pdf file or an editable Word version (for minor comments only, of course). Anyway, I'm glad you had the time to do this. I think S&T and our amateur brothers nationwide/worldwide should be aware of just how much public outreach SLAS is responsible for.
Kim
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Rodger Fry Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 5:28 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Festival
Kym, Attached is the draft that I have come up with. I used 7,000 visitor contacts. This is what the NPS uses as official count but they recognize that one individual can attend more than one event and be duplicated in the count.
Make any changes using the track change option and email back to me by July 4th. Send any photos that you might have. I am looking for some that are better than the ones I took.
Thanks,Rodger Fry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim" <kimharch@cut.net> To: "'Utah Astronomy'" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 5:15 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Festival
What number will you use for attendance?
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Rodger Fry Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 1:56 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Festival
Kim, I appreciate your insight to the number of visitor contacts made. I am almost done with a draft and will send this to Kevin and Chad when done for their review.
Thanks Again and I too thought this years event was fantastic.
Rodger Fry SLAS boardmember
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim" <kimharch@cut.net> To: "'Utah Astronomy'" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 1:48 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Festival
Park Ranger Chad Moore actually reported 7,000 "visitor contacts," not 7,000 visitors/attendees. If I understood Chad correctly, a visitor contact is defined as one person participating in a specific event. At the astronomy festival, these included persons attending a lecture, observing through a telescope (night or day), or taking part in the model rocket construction and launches. Theoretically, one visitor/attendee could account for several visitor contacts. Anyone wishing to prepare a news release of sorts or contact S&T should first speak with Chad to get a clearer definition of the numbers. I'm curious to know if the Park has anyway to track just how many people actually participated.
BTW, I thoroughly enjoyed this year's festival and renewing friendships. It gets lonesome sometimes her in Sanpete.
Kim
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of diveboss@xmission.com Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 10:02 AM To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Festival
I've been to a couple of these and I'm thinking the '7000 visitor' figure might be a little off. If not, and there were really 7000 visitors to this star party, then I am announcing here, today, the opening of my all night 7-11 just outside the park. ;)
Fabulous report, Rodger. Did anyone get pictures? I am thinking - an article in S&T perhaps. What other astronomical society gets 7000 visitors to an event?
-A
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I think they can al least colaborate . It would be nice to include something about their Dark Sky work. I notice APOD did not mention anything about the Bryce Festival. Perhaps we could send them a picture from the Festival and ask them to run it.
Erik I just had a thought (yes, it happens, rarely, but it does happen):
Perhaps the article for submittal to S&T should come from Chad Moore or Kevin Poe. What do y'all think?
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Rodger Fry Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 1:19 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Festival
Kim,
I hav cut and pasted the draft below. You may want to cut and paste it into
word if you plan to do any editing and forward it back.
Thanks Rodger
Bryce Canyon National Park 2008 Astronomical Festival
Bryce Canyon National Park is located 200 miles south of Salt Lake City, Utah in the high-mountain Paunsaugunt Plateau of south central Utah. The park has landscape of breathtaking proportion formed by the pink and red sedimentary rock, deposited millions of years ago, which have been deeply eroded by water, ice and wind to form spectacular spires and "hoodoos". As the sun sets, the red glow shinning on the cliffs is awe-inspiring. But the
real beauty of the park occurs when it undergoes a dramatic metamorphosis at
nightfall after the sun sets and the clear, dry-mountain air together with the remote location, offers star viewing with unparalleled beauty never before experienced by most visitors. The park is situated at an elevation of
7,800 feet where clear, dry air prevails in the early summer months. Management of Bryce Canyon National Park recognized the unique beauty of the
park at night and the potential to generate interest in viewing the night sky. This encouraged them to start hosting an annual Astronomy Festival about ten years ago. This event is scheduled near the new-moon cycle in June annually. The Bryce Canyon Park Staff team up with the Salt Lake Astronomical Society (SLAS) who provides volunteers with their telescopes for the celestial viewing.
This year's festival, held between June 25th and June 28th, 2008 was a resounding success with over 7,000 visitor contacts including travelers from
far points of the globe and members of the local population. Some visitors as far away as Germany had scheduled their trip to coincide with the Astronomical Festival. The kick-off to this year's festival was on the evening of June 25th when Story Musgrave, space shuttle astronaut and Hubble
Telescope repairman extraordinaire, spoke to about 700 visitors that had gathered in the nearby town of Panguitch, Utah (25 miles west of Bryce Canyon National Park). His farm-boy countenance and approach to resolving problems with the Hubble Telescope and life in general, for that matter, went over well with many of the residence in this small farming community of
about 1,500 people. After the lecture, the visitors viewed the sky through about fifteen telescopes that had been set up by SLAS volunteers in the parking lot adjacent to the building. The community had asked for a voluntary lights-out (including city street lights) during that time to aid in the star viewing. This enabled viewing of many of the brighter deep-sky objects to the delight of the visitors, many of which had never viewed a nebula or galaxy through a telescope.
The next three days (June 26th-28th, 2008) included events within the boundaries of Bryce Canyon National Park. During the daylight hours, solar telescopes, both white-light and hydrogen-alpha, were set up near the visitor's center for public viewing along with posters explaining about our Sun. Lectures were also provided in the visitor's center during the day. They provide lectures designed to educate visitors about the effects of light pollution not only to astronomers but to the environment as well (plants and animals alike).
About 6:00 PM nightly, SLAS volunteers began setting up their telescopes in a parking lot a few hundred yards from the visitor's center that had been specifically reserved for night-sky viewing. About 35-40 telescopes ranging
in size from 4" refractors to 24" dobsonians were set up. After setting up and prior to dusk, the volunteers settled into a ritual of relaxation and visiting with fellow members discussing the new equipment each member had purchased as part of the on-going telescopic arms race that exists in every club world-wide. Some members listened to relaxing music provided by the SLAS president, Bob Moore, playing his didgeridoo accompanied by Cindy Foot (co-discoverer of an exo-planet and SLAS member) playing an American-Indian wood flute (all to daunt the few clouds on the distant horizon).
Park visitors, many of which were attending the three nightly lectures on the night-sky and telescope etiquette, were directed into the parking lot beginning at 9:45 PM and were amazed at the view of Saturn and the Hercules Globular Cluster. At the direction of the park staff, half of the telescopes were centered on Saturn and the other half on M-13. This enabled
the volunteers to quickly accommodate the initial rush of visitors totaling about 200 people. The park staff also encouraged each of the volunteers to
explain what the visitors were viewing in terms of its size, distance from earth, genesis and its role or setting in the Universe. After the first 30 minutes and after the twilight glow had diminished, each volunteer directed their telescope on their favorite object. The parking lot was filled with the sound of "oohs" and "aahs" as the visitors viewed the numerous nebulas and galaxies, many for the first time. Kevin Poe, park ranger, known as the
"Dark-Ranger", conducted constellation tours from the parking lot for the visitors. The viewing continued for about three-hours each night with a line of about ten visitors at each telescope anxiously anticipating their turn to view the celestial jewel that awaited them.
After the guests had departed, about 1:30 AM each morning, the volunteers began in a non-declared telescope war to see who could get the most dramatic
view of their favorite deep-sky object or who could split the closest binary
star. This friendly war usually lasted until about 3:00 AM when the volunteers were totally exhausted because they had spent the entire previous
day exploring one or more of the spectacular canyons of the park. The viewing on Thursday and Friday nights, June 26th and 27th, 2008 was very clear and dark, with exceptionally transparent skies present on Friday night
that amazed even the most seasoned amateur astronomer.
On the last day, Saturday June 28, 2008, intermittent clouds moved in forcing the volunteers to select targets between the clouds challenging the viewing. This presented a test for the volunteers but didn't spoil the fun for the visitors or volunteers. The event came to an end at 12:01 AM Sunday, June 29, 2008, when the parks staff treated all the volunteers with their famous "Star-B-Que" including steaks, salads, country beans and plenty
of pie.
As the event drew to a close, the volunteers felt a sense of gratification for the number of people they had introduced to the joy and beauty of observing the celestial bodies. They also marveled at how astounding the celestial wonders reveal themselves in exceptional dark-sky conditions such as provided at Bryce Canyon National Park.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim" <kimharch@cut.net> To: "'Utah Astronomy'" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 12:59 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Festival
Rodger, The attachment didn't come through - maybe something to do with list filters. I'd like to see the draft, though. Is there another way to share it? If you wish, you could send directly to me a pdf file or an editable Word version (for minor comments only, of course). Anyway, I'm glad you had the time to do this. I think S&T and our amateur brothers nationwide/worldwide should be aware of just how much public outreach SLAS is responsible for.
Kim
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Rodger Fry Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 5:28 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Festival
Kym, Attached is the draft that I have come up with. I used 7,000 visitor contacts. This is what the NPS uses as official count but they recognize that one individual can attend more than one event and be duplicated in the count.
Make any changes using the track change option and email back to me by July 4th. Send any photos that you might have. I am looking for some that are better than the ones I took.
Thanks,Rodger Fry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim" <kimharch@cut.net> To: "'Utah Astronomy'" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 5:15 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Festival
What number will you use for attendance?
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Rodger Fry Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 1:56 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Festival
Kim, I appreciate your insight to the number of visitor contacts made. I am almost done with a draft and will send this to Kevin and Chad when done for their review.
Thanks Again and I too thought this years event was fantastic.
Rodger Fry SLAS boardmember
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim" <kimharch@cut.net> To: "'Utah Astronomy'" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 1:48 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Festival
Park Ranger Chad Moore actually reported 7,000 "visitor contacts," not 7,000 visitors/attendees. If I understood Chad correctly, a visitor contact is defined as one person participating in a specific event. At the astronomy festival, these included persons attending a lecture, observing through a telescope (night or day), or taking part in the model rocket construction and launches. Theoretically, one visitor/attendee could account for several visitor contacts. Anyone wishing to prepare a news release of sorts or contact S&T should first speak with Chad to get a clearer definition of the numbers. I'm curious to know if the Park has anyway to track just how many people actually participated.
BTW, I thoroughly enjoyed this year's festival and renewing friendships. It gets lonesome sometimes her in Sanpete.
Kim
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I've been to a couple of these and I'm thinking the '7000 visitor' figure might be a little off. If not, and there were really 7000 visitors to this star party, then I am announcing here, today, the opening of my all night 7-11 just outside the park. ;)
Fabulous report, Rodger. Did anyone get pictures? I am thinking - an article in S&T perhaps. What other astronomical society gets 7000 visitors to an event?
-A
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Bryce's Ranger Kevin Poe just signed on to Utah-Astronomy (actually he tried to sign on yesterday but I was at Bryce and away from the internet so I could not do my moderator "thing" and place him on the list until now). Now that he's here perhaps he could explain any difference between contacts and attendance. I see that he chose the Digest version of UA so it may be a while before he gets this message and realizes we're on on the edge of our seats awaiting his words. :) patrick p.s. Incredible skies at Bryce last night/this morning. On 02 Jul 2008, at 13:48, Kim wrote:
Park Ranger Chad Moore actually reported 7,000 "visitor contacts," not 7,000 visitors/attendees. If I understood Chad correctly, a visitor contact is defined as one person participating in a specific event. At the astronomy festival, these included persons attending a lecture, observing through a telescope (night or day), or taking part in the model rocket construction and launches. Theoretically, one visitor/attendee could account for several visitor contacts. Anyone wishing to prepare a news release of sorts or contact S&T should first speak with Chad to get a clearer definition of the numbers. I'm curious to know if the Park has anyway to track just how many people actually participated.
BTW, I thoroughly enjoyed this year's festival and renewing friendships. It gets lonesome sometimes her in Sanpete.
Kim
Chad Moore said we had following numbers at the star parties: 700 Wednesday night, 670 on Thursday and 660 on Friday. I assume Saturday was comparable. From my observation very few of these people were repeat attendees. Most people only spend a day or two at Bryce. -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of diveboss@xmission.com Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 10:02 AM To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Festival I've been to a couple of these and I'm thinking the '7000 visitor' figure might be a little off. If not, and there were really 7000 visitors to this star party, then I am announcing here, today, the opening of my all night 7-11 just outside the park. ;)
Fabulous report, Rodger. Did anyone get pictures? I am thinking - an article in S&T perhaps. What other astronomical society gets 7000 visitors to an event?
-A
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Don, Good job organizing again this year. Aren't there daytime activities that attendance should be counted? I noticed The Tribune article showed solar observing.
Another question for you is are we capable of handling more visitors? Seems we can do more to promote this Star Party, seems like our promotions could be started earlier. I was lucky to get it listed in the Astronomical Leagues Refelector. Erik Chad Moore said we had following numbers at the star parties: 700
Wednesday night, 670 on Thursday and 660 on Friday. I assume Saturday was comparable. From my observation very few of these people were repeat attendees. Most people only spend a day or two at Bryce.
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I've been to a couple of these and I'm thinking the '7000 visitor' figure might be a little off. If not, and there were really 7000 visitors to this star party, then I am announcing here, today, the opening of my all night 7-11 just outside the park. ;)
Fabulous report, Rodger. Did anyone get pictures? I am thinking - an article in S&T perhaps. What other astronomical society gets 7000 visitors to an event?
-A
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Kevin, Chad, and NPS did quite a bit of PR for the event. When Kevin gets online, maybe he can address this issue, as well as the visitors/contacts issue. I contacted local press. Other than our wonderful Sheena McFarland at the Trib, I think the other media outlets considered it a non story - maybe because it wasn't local? You have heard of NYC's Naked Musician haven't you? How about SLAS's Naked Astronomer? That is what you need to get press. I am not volunteering, BTW. -A
Ann,
What I was thinking that this years events could have been promoted maybe earlier with like the travel council. I thought they needed to have material submitted by Jan. I think it has good promotion just trying to think of ways to increase it. I might be good to try and get it advertised in more places. This years BOD may want to try and get next years festival advertising started before next years BOD is in office. Not trying to usurp their authority. Rodger writing an article is certainly good PR for next years festival. Erik Kevin, Chad, and NPS did quite a bit of PR for the event. When Kevin gets
online, maybe he can address this issue, as well as the visitors/contacts issue. I contacted local press. Other than our wonderful Sheena McFarland at the Trib, I think the other media outlets considered it a non story - maybe because it wasn't local?
You have heard of NYC's Naked Musician haven't you? How about SLAS's Naked Astronomer? That is what you need to get press. I am not volunteering, BTW.
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On 01 Jul 2008, at 19:33, erikhansen@TheBlueZone.net wrote:
A few, but it is very impressive. An article for Sky&Tele or AstronomicalLeague would be great. Maybe both. How bout it Joe?
And how's about one for Nova? Not to mention a cover photo for Nova too. patrick
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