We reached out for two days to the Fayette County Cub Scouts at their summer camp at the Providence United Methodist Church in Fayetteville. About 185 scouts and 30 parents learned what the scouts need to do to earn their Astronomy Beltloops. They learned about the solar system, how a telescope works and build a telescope on a stick and discovered that refractors invert the image In addition, they setup an equatorial mount in teams of two in preparation for the beltloop. Every group asked to see the movie twice that showed how big stars can get. Outside they were able to take a look at the sun through our solar scopes and observe a few pinecones high in the trees through a regular scope. this was a very interested group of scouts and we hope that a good portion will earn the beltloops. Thanks Marie, Frank and Theo for their time to give these scouts a great time. click the image for the gallery.
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