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University City High School Astronomy Club
UCHS has an active Astronomy Club, sponsored by Mr. Scott Patterson, a bright, young, inspring AP Physics teacher.
They have a H-alpha Solar Telescope, but did not yet have a "normal" nighttime scope.
New!
Thank you to the several Bentley Colleagues who designated their individual STEM Grants to the UCHS telescope program.
We were able to get an amazing scope to build a program around: a Meade LX200 10" GoTo Schmidt-Cassegrain. To maximize value, we bought used rather than new, info on the newest equivalent model is here (our optics are slightly different). User Manual here (one of them)
Mike Fowler of Orange County Telescopes, the only showroom south of downtown Los Angeles, treated us very well and was very patient through the requisition process. Great guy and great store.
Below is Mike handing the scope over to Scott. Kenny lurks in the background.
Here was the wishlist of what we had been trying to get for them with the Bentley 2018-2019 STEM Grant. We did way better than we expected!
Events
| November 2019 Below is a (bad) shot of the group checking out a couple of 10" dobsonian scopes (one shown) in early November. Note the scope is aimed at Jupiter, which is close to setting. |
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Here is some of the Club at the November 11, 2019 Mercury Transit.
| A white light filter shot of the Sun. Note the tiny dot at the 5:00 position: Mercury. |
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Clairemont High School Astronomy Club
| CHS has an awesome scope in an observatory and a great club sponsor in Kevin Regardie. |  |
| A User's Guide on the Scope: guide and addendum. |
We're ramping up the program by:
- hosting Star Parties at the Observatory (the Scope is now operational)
- having amateur astronomers give presentations on their hobby, including
- Introduction to Observing the Sky
- A Brief History of the Discovery of Deep Sky Objects
- getting scopes into students hands - they now have a Celestron 80 GT and an Orion Starblast 6i on loan to them.
| Students in the quad, with two white-light solar scopes and one-double-stacked Hydrogen-Alpha Scope |  |
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University City
Curie Elementary is my pilot program for a School Library Program (largely because my son attends and I'm able to spend more time there.
Clairemont High has big equipment and big plans. We're just now getting started on some aggressive goals (Winter 2012)
They have a Starblast 6i and some programs using it.
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Mission Bay High School
| Principal Fred Hilgers took ownership of their scope on Wednesday, March 16, 2011.
Mission Bay has big plans for the scope (see below). Staff Training is next on the schedule. |
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Mr. Hilgers summarizes:
Mission Bay High School is an International Baccalaureate school with a STEM emphasis. All ninth graders take Earth Science and the very first unit is on the solar system. The telescope will allow staff and students to experience real time data. We will also be able to:
- provide a logical follow up to our annual Astronomy Day outreach program
- provide a "wow factor" draw to science/astronomy when sitting in the library
- join optical theory to first-hand visceral experience
- provides a foundation/anchor to new group activities including equipment training and observing
The telescope will be housed in the library and can be utilized by Science classes, Clubs or others wanting to teach about the aspects of Astronomy
Special thanks to Volaree Rendon and Janie Barrett of Bentley Systems for designating their 2010 grant money to Mission Bay High School.