M104 Hubble Remix — Photo courtesy of NASA

Astronomy Day 2008

Saturday, May 10, from 10 am – 4 pm
Join us for hands-on activities and more to celebrate National Astronomy Day
Free with Museum admission

Activities for National Astronomy Day

In Shafran Planetarium
Learn more of what to find in the night sky for the season of Spring in our regular planetarium shows!

In Sears Exhibit Hall
Learn the night sky inside the kid-sized Starlab portable planetarium!

In the Classroom
Learn to grind your own telescope mirror in a live, hands-on demonstration!  Take a walk around the grinding barrel, help to grind the mirror’s curve, and enter your name to win the mirror you just worked on!

In Mueller Observatory
Take a tour of Mueller Observatory for safe solar observing! (Observations only as weather permits.)

In Smead Discovery Center
Play “Survivor Mars” to figure out how to survive on Mars!
Examine “Mars rocks” that resemble those found on Mars!
Test your knowledge of fact or fiction about the Solar System!
Play Martian Bingo!
Make-and-take your own activity on the phases of the Moon!

Astro-giveaways:
You can pick up the latest news in astronomy!
You can take our astronomy quiz, answer all correctly, and win a prize!
You can make your own sundial!
You can make your own star chart!
You could win the telescope mirror you helped to grind!
You could win your very own telescope, the Meade ETX 80 AT!
You can enter to win national grand prize, the fully automated Meade LX200R!

Sponsored in part by:
	Meade Instruments Corporation			Astronomy Magazine