Pine Grove Elementary School Star Party
May 27, 2005
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The Amador Astronomical Society held a star party for all 1st, 2nd,
3rd and 4th Grade classes, their parents, and siblings from Pine
Grove Elementary School on Friday, May 27 at 8 PM. Participants
were able to see Jupiter, Saturn, the famous double star Castor and
the M-13 globular cluster. Volunteer AAS Astronomers Bob Works,
Steve Durham, Dennis Mashburn, David Rice and Larry Brown arrived
early to set up the event. Kids and parents arrived at 8:00 PM. The
star party was located at Pine Grove Elementary School, 20101 Hwy
88, Pine Grove, CA. Host teacher was Martha Robbins.
Click on the image to download an interview with teachers
from Pine Grove Elementary School in Windows Media Player
format. (431 KB)
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Setting up
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Bob Works explaining upcoming JPL/NASA Deep Impact Mission
and constellation mythology
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Steve Durham talking about what we are going to see in the
sky and testing students knowledge of astronomy
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Larry Brown having last years recipients of the 3 Sutter
Creek telescopes reporting on the year's observations
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The new recipients of the red, white, and blue telescopes for
the upcoming year… with new AAS member, Dennis Mashburn,
setting his telescope up at far left
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New AAS member David Rice with his 10″ reflector
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