Mill Lake Elementary School in Monroe Township is holding their annual Astronomy Night on Novemeber 18th. They have asked if we could set up several telescopes for the students and parents. The school is located at 115 Monmouth Road, Monroe Township, NJ 08831.
We can arrive and set up in the rear of the school at 5:30. In the past there was pizza, subs and soda for the astronomers. The students will start to arrive at 6:00 and it should end about 9:00.
This event goes on rain or cloud. There are indoor stations where the students are engaged in hands-on activities supervised by the teachers. There will be a Starlab Planetarium also. There are about 180 students plus parents and siblings but they will come out to observe in class sized groups.
Last year we were able to observe but the two previous years the skies were overcast and the astronomers did the observations through breaks in the clouds or came inside the gym and showed the students how their telescopes worked and viewed pictures of galaxies across the room.
Please post if you can help. or reply richg870@aol.com
Dennis O.
(Reposted by Rich G.)
