SPOOKY SPECTRUM
Saturday 4 October, 6pm to 10pm CDT
For ages six and older. Binocular recommended.
Sunset at 6:45pm. Twilight ends 8:06pm.
[Admission Fee. $0.00] [Merchandise and Wormhole items, vary.]
Patrons must follow safety guidelines. Don’t forget your costume!
Come visit on this moonlit night—if you dare—as HRPO delves into the eerie side of astronomy, physics and aeronautics. We’ll have creepy science demonstrations, some of which we’ve never used. And don’t forget the stories. Strange sky phenomena…extra dimensions… extraterrestrials. Be warned—we want to make you think. Please check schedule carefully to choose the appropriate time to arrive!
{The Spooky Spectrum is named for the spectrum of electromagnetism—one of the four fundmental forces of nature. The sections of the electromagnetic spectrum are…
gamma rays, x-rays, ultraviolet, visible light, infrared, microwave, radio
Can you experience all seven at the Spooky Spectrum?}
5:30pm to 7:30pm = Music: Moonswell
6:00pm to 6:45pm = Interaction: Sounds from Space {radio}
6:00pm to 7:00pm = Access: Trails
6:15pm to 7:15pm = Sun: Crepuscular Rays
—Personnel will give instructions.
6:30pm to 7:15pm = Interaction: Marshmallow Madness {microwave}
6:30pm to 8:30pm = Game: The Spooky Quest
6:45pm to 7:00pm = Test: Exploding Pumpkin
6:45pm to 9:30pm = Satelliite: Waxing Gibbous Moon [mag -12.7]
—The “terminator” (the line where day meets night) moves across the face of the Moon, revealing more features! Use a binocular to compare the location of the terminator at 7:15pm, 8:15pm and 9:15pm!
7:00pm to 7:30pm = Star: Arcturus [mag 0.0, class K]
7:00pm to 7:45pm = Interaction: Goggles {infrared}
7:00pm to 9:00pm = Physical Science Demonstrations
7:15pm to 10:00pm = Star: Vega [mag 0.0, class A]
7:30pm to 7:45pm = Star: Shaula [mag +1.6, class B+B]
7:30pm to 8:15pm = Interaction: Seeing is Believing {visible}
7:30pm to 10:00pm = Planet: Saturn [mag +0.7]
7:45pm to 10:00pm = Star: Altair [mag +0.8, class A]
8:00pm to 8:10pm = Prediction: BlueWalker 3 visible pass [mag +1.7]
8:00pm to 8:45pm = Interaction: Box of Light {ultraviolet}
8:00pm to 10:00pm = Star: Fomalhaut [mag +1.2, class A]
8:15pm to 8:30pm = Firepit Story #1 “Into the Fourth Dimension”
8:15pm to 8:45pm = Tour: Unaided-Eye Sky
8:15pm to 10:00pm = Star: Deneb [mag +1.3, class A]
—Vega, Altair and Deneb form The Summer Triangle.
8:30pm to 9:15pm = Interaction: Building Bones {x-rays}
8:45pm to 9:00pm = Firepit Story #2 “Three Alien Hideaways”
9:00pm to 9:45pm = Interaction: Delicious DNA {gamma rays}
9:15pm to 9:30pm = Firepit Story #3 “The Ghost Blimp”
9:30pm to 10:00pm = Tour: Lunar Landscape
[Sweet treats will be available from City Gelato.]
This schedule is subject to change. Please confirm with downloadable schedule
