Working at Fernbank Science Center

May 2nd, 2013 | by sbieger |

This past week marked the beginning of a stint as a contract assistant at the Fernbank Science Center. I have been a volunteer since August 2005 and I now have the privilege to officially be part of the staff for the summer. It is a great opportunity to continue my work in astronomy outreach and it’s even more fun than before.

I’ll be helping out in the planetarium but these days we have the full dome digital projector to present the planetarium shows and it has made a real big difference. The audiences are loving it! The best part is that we are doing a live “Sky Tonight” presentation along with the main show. This means I get to use the Zeiss Mark V star projector again, the best way ever to map a crisp star field across the dome.

The summer observing season has gotten off to a great start with Saturn taking center stage for the next 10 weeks. I’ll be “up in the dome” on these warm summer nights, my “classroom with a hole in the roof!”

Clear skies all!

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