{"id":109612,"date":"2022-11-21T11:09:11","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T16:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=109612"},"modified":"2022-11-21T11:22:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T16:22:00","slug":"observing-with-nasa-family-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=109612","title":{"rendered":"Observing with NASA \u2013 Family Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-109617 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/observing-with-nasa-family-day.png\" alt=\"Observing with NASA family day\" width=\"650\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/observing-with-nasa-family-day.png 650w, https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/observing-with-nasa-family-day-480x147.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 650px, 100vw\" \/><br \/>\nThe Dennos Museum is hosting Observing with NASA \u2013 Family Day on <strong>Saturday, December 3<\/strong>. Enjoy free admission to the museum and make your own astronomical images using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dennosmuseum.org\/art\/now-on-view\/temporary-exhibits\/observing-with-nasa.html\"><em>Observing with NASA<\/em><\/a> Kiosk in the Discovery Gallery.<\/p>\n<p><strong>At 1 p.m.<\/strong>\u00a0join the Astronomical Society to make a comet and learn about moon phases.<\/p>\n<p><strong>At 2 p.m.<\/strong>\u00a0Jerry Dobek, head of the Astronomy and Science Departments at Northwestern Michigan College, will lead a presentation on the Observing With NASA Kiosk and the science behind the imaging used by the Hubble Telescope in the MIlliken Auditorium.<\/p>\n<p><em>About Jerry Dobek: Dr. Jerry Dobek is a professional astrophysicist and faculty instructor at Northwestern Michigan College. His research interests are in variable stars and dark material, which he conducts from his own observatory north of Traverse City, Michigan. Jerry is also the site coordinator \/ site director for Project ASTRO and Project Family ASTRO for the Michigan and Upper Wisconsin sites, and serves as the regional Solar System Ambassador for NASA \/ JPL. Jerry is a founding member of and the regional representative for the International Dark-Sky Association and has been instrumental in writing lighting ordinances for townships and counties in Michigan as well as several other states.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students from the NMC Astronomy Club and the Grand Traverse Astronomical Society host public viewing nights at NMC&#8217;s Rogers Observatory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":2120,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,3617],"tags":[751,752,70],"class_list":["post-109612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-intercom","category-student-events","tag-open","tag-public-viewing","tag-rogers-observatory"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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