Come and see one of nature's wonders - a solar eclipse - at the UCI Observatory! The eclipse lasts from 5:25 to 7:43 pm. At the maxiumum of the eclipse, which occurs at 6:38 pm, approximately 85% of the Sun will be covered by the Moon. (Some Northern California residents will be treated to a full annular eclipse.) In addition, use our telescopes to see sunspots and solar flares on the surface of the Sun, learn about the Sun, and take a tour of a scale-model Solar System.
Visitor Nights are open to the public so feel free to forward this
message along to friends and neighbors who may be interested. Visitor
Nights are free of charge, although we ask for a voluntary $5 donation
per family to help defray the costs. No reservations are required. They
are
fun for the entire family --
children, teens, parents and grandparents. We heartily encourage amateur
astronomers to bring along their own telescopes to share with our
visitors.
The Observatory is located on the campus of the University of
California, Irvine. Driving and parking directions can be found at http://www.physics.uci.edu/~observat/visnite_driving_directions.html.
Visitors
should park in the new East Campus Parking Structure at
the corner of California Ave. and Adobe Circle Rd. South, which is
located next to the Anteater Recreation Center (ARC) and
labeled building #88 on the campus map found at
http://www.uci.edu/campus_maps.php.
That website also provides larger scale maps and directions from the
freeways to campus. An parking fee of $2/hr or $8 maximum must be paid
at the parking structure. Unlike normal Visitor Nights, there will be no
shuttle bus for this day-time event.
Visitors should walk up the hill to the intersection of
California Ave. and Gabrielino Dr. and take a left on the
gravel road that leads to the Observatory.
This walk takes approximately 15 minutes.
Note that parking is not allowed on the streets in the University
Hills neighborhood where the Observatory is located. Only cars transporting
telescope equipment or a handicapped person will be permitted to drive
on the road leading out to the Observatory for safety reasons. If you
are,
follow the driving directions listed here.
Only in the event of rain will Visitor Night be canceled and if so then
a cancellation notice will be posted on our website by 2 pm that day.
However, if it is cloudy but not raining, our event will
go on and you can still tour the Observatory dome and
ask questions of the astronomers.
The UCI Observatory is operated by the Department of Physics &
Astronomy, and Visitor Nights are funded by the School of Physical
Sciences. For more information on the Observatory,
see our website at http://www.physics.uci.edu/~observat
. A poster advertising Visitor Night can be found at
http://www.physics.uci.edu/~observat/#visnite . If you
would like to be added or deleted from our email list to receive
notices of future Visitor Nights, please send an email to
astro_outreach@ps.uci.edu with a subject line that says "Subscribe"
or "Unsubscribe".
Sincerely,
Tammy Smecker-Hane
Director, UCI Observatory
Associate Professor, Department of Physics & Astronomy
| http://www.physics.uci.edu/~observat/visnite_information.html
Last updated on May 8, 2012 tsmecker@uci.edu |
UCI Observatory Department of Physics & Astronomy University of California, Irvine |