Vesta Fiesta events!, Local outreach events to celebrate Dawn arrival in August 2011 |
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Vesta Fiesta events!, Local outreach events to celebrate Dawn arrival in August 2011 |
 Jul 8 2011, 01:47 AM
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For anyone interested in planning or attending a Vesta Fiesta event to celebrate the Dawn Mission spacecraft arrival at Asteroid 4 Vesta, here's a link to a handy how-to guide and map: http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/vesta_fiesta.asp
-------------------- Some higher resolution images available at my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/
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Jul 8 2011, 01:49 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2606 Joined: 10-November 06 From: Pasadena, CA Member No.: 1345 |
Here is a link to the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences Vesta Fiesta event in Raleigh, NC on August 6, 2011 from 10 AM -1 PM:
http://naturalsciences.org/programs-events/?select=1749 Whoo-hoo! -------------------- Some higher resolution images available at my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/
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Jul 8 2011, 01:53 AM
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Break a leg, Mike!
 Wish I could be there, man.
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Jul 27 2011, 08:53 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 360 Joined: 17-November 05 From: Oklahoma Member No.: 557 |
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Aug 5 2011, 03:26 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2606 Joined: 10-November 06 From: Pasadena, CA Member No.: 1345 |
Orange County Public Library Vesta Fiesta
Hillsborough, North Carolina at 3:30 PM ("downtown Hillsborough") http://web.co.orange.nc.us/LibraryEvents/index.aspx -------------------- Some higher resolution images available at my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/
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Aug 5 2011, 03:29 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2606 Joined: 10-November 06 From: Pasadena, CA Member No.: 1345 |
Fiesta Grill (!!) Vesta Fiesta at 7:30 PM sharp on Sunday, August 7.
West on NC 54 outside Carrboro, NC (And here's the best part...), this is just a half-mile W of "The Kraken" bar, complete with squiddly / Flying Spaghetti Monster thingy:
-------------------- Some higher resolution images available at my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/
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Aug 5 2011, 03:43 AM
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An idea for a Vesta Fiesta (or Vestivus for the rest of us)....
Arrange to simultaneously: - View the latest Dawn images - Observe the real thing through a telescope (Vesta just so happens to be at opposition in Capricorn) - Hold a piece of Vesta in your hand (my Millbillillie crumbs should be sufficient) I plan to do that this weekend just because I can. -------------------- Astrogeologists have stars in their eyes and rocks in their heads!
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Aug 5 2011, 04:24 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 6480 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
QUOTE (Gladstoner @ Aug 4 2011, 07:43 PM)  (or Vestivus for the rest of us).... #1: Genius for the entire post! #2: 
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Aug 8 2011, 03:44 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 360 Joined: 17-November 05 From: Oklahoma Member No.: 557 |
We had a sold out crowd of just over a hundred last night. During Claudia Alexander's demo the resolution didn't allow any of the graphs or text to be readable. The planetarium director halted it and moved on to our local program early. During the main presentation we had the crowd come back to the auditorium excited about seeing "the pictures of Vesta". About a half hour into it, families started to sneak out. By the time we got to the pictures maybe half the people were gone. Those that stuck it out couldn't understand most of what was being explained about the pictures.
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