![]() Your starting point and end point are crucial to determining your "hopping path", and not unlike a car trip across a city, there are many paths you could follow. Star hopping involves "hopping" from star to star with your telescope, until you arrive at the location of the target object. Nowadays GOTO telescopes and digital setting circles are very effective, but star hopping is still one of the best ways to learn your way around the sky. Typically, star hopping is used for finding deep sky objects, however it is just as effective for tracking asteroids, comets, variable stars and anything else in the sky that is too faint to be readily seen with the naked eye or in a finder scope. The New Mexico Edition includes lesson plans correlated to state standards, assessment tests and a special section on the space research facilities in New Mexico.Ĭontact Mike Goodman via phone (952) 653-0493 or e-mail. A special thanks goes to Doug George of Diffraction Limited for pitching in and demonstrating Starry Night® AstroPhoto Suite.Īttention, New Mexico Teachers! Starry Night® Middle School and High School have just been adopted as Instructional Materials by the New Mexico Public Education Department. Thanks to everyone who stopped by the booth and attended Pedro Braganca’s workshop on Starry Night® Pro Plus version 5.8. Hundreds flocked to the Imaginova / Starry Night® / Orion booth to see the new Orion® Atlas EQ-G GoTo Mount with a 10” inch reflector gracefully and quietly slew to thousands of targets with the push of a button. Orion® StarBlast Astro Telescope (a $179.95 value) Orion® StarBlast 4.5 EQ Reflector (a $199.95 value) Starry Night® 6-DVD Classroom Library of Atlas of the Sky, Comet Hunters/Asteroid Seekers, Danger! Solar Storm, Eyes on Mars, Searching for Superstars and Wheels on Mars (a $299.70 value) Starry Night® High School (a $169.95 value) ![]() If you are interested in Starry Night® for your school, please contact Mike Goodman (pictured above) at (952) 653-0493.Ĭongratulations to the winners of our giveaway! ![]() Thanks to all those who stopped by our booth and attended our workshops, and a special thanks goes to the teacher who attended 3 different Starry Night® workshops in one day. The cloudy April skies could not dampen the excitement in the Anaheim Convention Center as Starry Night® team pulled out all stops to showcase Starry Night® Middle School and High School and Orion Telescopes. Representing the goddess of justice, Virgo is the second largest constellation in the sky. Star hopping is a method used by amateur astronomers to locate objects in the heavens - think of it as an astronomical treasure hunt.Īmateur astronomer Dave Brody revives his classic Meade LX200 with a jolt from Starry Night® Pro Plus 5. Starry Night® Middle School and High School have just been adopted as Instructional Materials by the New Mexico Public Education Department. The cloudy April skies could not dampen the excitement in the Anaheim Convention Center for the National Science Teachers Association Conference. Welcome again to our monthly newsletter with features on exciting celestial events, product reviews, tips & tricks, and a monthly sky calendar. If you have trouble viewing this newsletter, click here.
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