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1, Icube Family Events Yerkes Yerkes Observatory, Williams Bay, Wisconsin, 200 kM 2016 August 6,7 | Day Night Trip FROM NESCIENCE P TO SCIENCE P TO CONSCIENCE # WE DO NOT WATCH THE CLOCK YET WE DO INTRICATELY OBSERVE THE CHANGING TIMES ENDLESSLY 2134 FORTYFIFTH STREET • HIGHLAND • INDIANA 46322 M 219.595.9045 M [email protected] M iCUBE.GURU THIS EVENT IIS OVER!! IIT IIS A SAMPLE SHOWCASE!! Saturday, 2016 August, 6 iCUBE is zealous to announce the next 1600 Arrive at the Big Foot Beach State Park, Lake rendezvous with the coruscating canopy with its stellar Geneva, Wisconsin by driving or sharing. nuggets hanging on to a dark velvety backdrop of the Explore, enjoy, and setup tents. nightsky! Age 8 Plus. Min 12. Max 18. Per batch. 1830 Scenic lake drive to the Yerkes Observatory. 1900 Dinner BYO. ASTRONOMY OBSERVATION NIGHT 1940 Explore observatory outdoors. TENTATIVE, 2016 AUGUST 6 & 7 2030 Recess. THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO 2040 Explore observatory indoors: tour of the historic YERKES OBSERVATORY 1.0 M world’s biggest refractor telescope and its WILLIAMS BAY, WISCONSIN – 200 kM exhibits. 2130 Observation from an adjacent 0.6 M reflector The Astronomy Observation Night was the telescope of the sky objects. No more than 15 culmination event of the iCUBE 2014 Summer Camp individuals inclusive of some children can be in with a pedagogical pledge to return there once each one batch; hence, we will split a group bigger quarter! We plan a dusk–to–dawn star–gazing, than 15 into two parts, and bigger than 30 in constellations identification, and study of the diurnal three parts, if need be! ~3 hours per group! movements of the stars. The available Solar System 2130 Parallel nakedeye nightsky observation with an objects will be viewed through a 0.6 M diameter expert on self provided tarps. Dress for the reflecting telescope. The historic Yerkes 1.0 M refractor weather and bundle yourself for the show! is unavailable due to a renovation of its mechanical gear. On a given night, one could see three fourth of Sunday, 2016 August, 7 the entire celestial sphere’s stars available at that latitude, however, some less in the Summer months 0030 Switching batches at the nakedeye nightsky due to the short nights, and correspondingly, some observation of the stars, constellations, available more in the Winter months due to the long nights. Yet, planets, zodiacal light, milky way, and meteors it is an experience to be beholden, and one of the best (shooting stars) and the telescopic observation! edutainment opportunity under many Suns, err, stars! 0330 Repeats by switching batches at the nakedeye nightsky observation or return to the campsite. iCUBE telescope and binoculars will be additionally available as necessary! Open to all. If the number of people increases, then we skip Weather permitting, of course! No precipitation, or upfront, the campsite and perhaps camp at the Yerkes. overcast skies. A final email shall be sent by 0630 that The nightsky spectacle ends at daybreak! Do not be so day if canceled; no rain date! However, we return to this naive. You need the knowledge of Astronomy to strive, place four times a year in Aug, Nov, Feb, May! to survive, and to thrive! Make it a family fun night! BYO Food! This is a REQUIRED : unique opportunity for each kid, and parents or guardians. This event is for the families, and no A waiver absolving iCUBE from an incidental education is complete without the family! Please and or an occasional injury. inform us very promptly, and please mark your calenders! Your kids education is incomplete without Dress for the weather! you. This is a grand family edutainment event. Write or call “a yes!” The Astronomy Observation Night has a NOTED : limit of 15 per batch due to the Yerkes equipment limitation in terms of weight and volume of occupants Total cost per head : self driving, $45 inclusive in tight spaces. Each visitor–viewer will get a chance to of admission fees per person age 8 and above. observe, less if under eight, more rest of us. We see various deep sky objects through the telescope barrel Ages 8 and under are not recommended and while listening to a talk by the Yerkes Astronomer, may get limited time at the telescope — interspaced by input by the iCUBE Astronomer! We please note — may fall asleep and maybe shall have another staffer who will help outdoors! required to be carried several spiral steps down to the observatory foyer from the TAKE SUGGESTED ITEMS — NOT EXHAUSTIVE LIST observatory dome! water bottle(s) @RECOMMENDED : meal(s), snacks(s), milk(s), juice(s) paper plates, bowls, cups, napkins, tissues, wipes plastic Unlike in the past, please start early on that spoons, forks, knives Saturday, enjoy a fun filled, sunny bright day on the trash bags, ziplock bags famous Lake Geneva as a family picnic. Take some tooth paste, brush clean air in the lungs, beautiful daytime views to behold scarf, jacket, pullover in your eyes, and then come to the Yerkes to culminate throw(s), comforter(s), blanket(s), mattress pad(s) your wonderful day! pillow(s), sleeping bag(s) lawn tarp spreadout only: no tents, fires permitted Since we come to Yerkes earlier in the daylight, flash light with red cellophane film cover you may see some wedding party posing for the world do not flash light except red during observing famous Yerkes backdrop! notepad, sketchpad, pencils black and colors tablet, camera, compass, gps or a smart phone Maybe retake your marital bliss vows and make adult phones in vibrate mode only your kids the “official photographers” for the photo binoculars, telescope shoot! Let imagination soar, touch the sky! prescribed medicine(s) The beauty of this is that you can repeat your DO NOT TAKE — NOT EXHAUSTIVE LIST vows four times a year, and from the Geneva lake go straight into the Guinness World Wowed Record! electronics pads, pods, and phones in kids custody exception: adults electronics in vibrate mode only CERTIFICATED eating, drinking, chewing inside the observatory touching exhibits, artefacts Each individual will gets a keeps sake, wandering in the prohibited areas collectible edition “Nightout Under The Stars” noisy games, shout outs, loud conversations Graduated Treasured Certificate! Live with boom–boxes the stars! Know first what makes a star, that illmannerism, disrespectfulness, misbehavior they are born, they live, they thrive, then like litter or pollution of other kind — us they strive, they survive, only to die. Yes, light: see the above warning | sound | air | water | land the stars have a life–cycle. We are star–dust! WHY GO EACH OF THE FOUR SEASONS? y The study of the nightsky is not complete unless you check the entire 360E of the sphere! y One way of doing this is spending about an hour each week at a fixed time, say Sunday at 2300. The iCUBE Astronomer over a course of twelve years did just that unfailingly, several times a week! To see those stellar motions day in and out is an intellectual’s gift from Nature, mystery unwrapped each moment! A star chart, an Astronomy enthusiast around will be a great way of plunging into space! y These add to 52 hours a year, or given some bad weather days, about 48 hours a year; now the more interesting way of doing this is below, also adds up to 48 to 52 hours a year! y As the nightsky changes gradually each day, the seasonal changes are most pronounced than the weekly or daily changes. What was overhead in the Summer sky will be under your feet in the Winter sky and either rising or setting in the Autumn Sky or in the Spring sky depending on the observation’s start. y iCUBE shall plan up to twelve trips each year of which four shall be these overnight trips. Each over night trip depending on the season is anywhere from 10 to 14 hours of night, and adding 10+14+10+14 gives us 48 hours of nightsky observation, achieving the same or even better grasp of the nightsky! CARPE NOCTEM = SEIZE THE NIGHT TOO y As we travel Southwards, more stars are The Treasures Hidden In The Heavens visible that are below the horizon from the Northerly Are So Rich That The Human Mind latitudes. If this program catches the imagination of Shall Never Be Lacking several families, in two years, we can plan a long In Fresh Nourishment distance trip to the darkest skies in the US in Utah or Johannes Kepler | 1571 – 1630 Arizona. We shall then be inspired to continue the trek further Southwards, as the Southern Hemisphere stars Skies Are Full Of Wonders are oriented differently than the Northern Hemisphere For Those Who Look At Them stars as experienced by the iCUBE Astronomer first Isaac Newton | 1642 – 1726 hand in Australia during a visit there for the Halley’s Comet! We shall take an ambitious iCUBE expedition to The entire repertoire of the Mathematics that Australia when we have a cohesive group of kids and we know from counting to Calculus comes from the parents who will spare no opportunity to expand their 360E study of the heavens to begin with! Astronomy world view, and then their universe view! helps us from better eyesight to better Math mind to a humane, morally upright being in us! We trace this y Why so much for Astronomy? Because, unconventional Math Path each quarter! Each iCUBE Astronomy is the mother of Sciences, and to know the event is well thought seamless self empowerment! benefits, come and keep coming to these trips! .
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