Sunday, April 22, 2012

#7 Look through a big telescope


In 6th grade, my junior high teacher taught us all about space, and we took the field trip of a lifetime to NASA.  That began my dream to become an astronaut...

When I learned that Dyer Observatory hosts an open house every month, I jumped at the chance to relive my junior high dreams!

First we saw meteorites...real meteorites from outer space!  They were only about the size of a plum though (not nearly as big as you see in the movies). 


Then we had the chance to look through two telescopes.  In one, we were able to see Mars.  At first it just looked like a little yellow dot (that would be Mars).  But when you looked really really closely, you could see a small white spot at the bottom of Mars - that's the polar ice cap on Mars - COOL!  In the second telescope, we saw Venus.  Neil was the last one to get a good look before the clouds rolled in.

Even though the trip to Dyer brought me right back to my 6th grade dreams, I think I'll stick to earth for now.

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