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Re: The Big Dipper at Griffith Observatory Museum
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Wayne Watson <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 7 Oct 2008 06:41:21 -0700
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Sure, please do.

Petro, Jennifer wrote:
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> Hi Wayne,
>
> I have a lesson for you if you are interested about this subject
> including the activity.  It's geared towards 5th grade and up.  If you
> would like me to e-mail it to you, I'd be more than happy.
>
>
> Jennifer B. Petro
> Director of Education
> Nauticus
> 1 Waterside Drive
> Norfolk, VA 23510
> 757-664-1008
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: The Big Dipper at Griffith Observatory Museum
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> I went to a conference in Pasadena this weekend, which finished late 
> Saturday night, and thought I'd spend time Sunday looking around the 
> area. I realized I hadn't gone to Griffith obs. for almost 30 year, so 
> managed to get there with not a lot of time in the day. I knew it had 
> been modernized, and so it was. They had a clever display of the Big 
> Dipper in a plastic transparent ball about 8-10' in diameter. Inside 
> they had about 15 glowing balls of of varying brightness. The idea was 
> to walk around the ball and find where the perspective was the BD. Quite
>
> good. I wouldn't mind building something on a smaller scale for our 
> little museum, without the globe. I think I saw something along these 
> lines on the web some years ago. Comments?
>
> I'll have to go back there some day, and get a better look at 
> everything. It was quite an improvement. Perhaps I'll go to Mt. Wilson 
> too. I know it's become a big interferometer, but don't know anything 
> about the public buildings there.
>
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