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Sunday, August 7, 2005
2-5 pm -- arrival
6:00 pm Welcoming Dinner
If clear, a brief talk by David followed by OBSERVING!
If cloudy, a longer talk by David
Get Acquainted soiree
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The Pond - Adirondack Astronomy Retreat |
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Horseshoe Ledge - Adirondack Astronomy Retreat
David H. Levy - Adirondack Astronomy Retreat
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Monday, August 8, 2005
Morning: Informal Activities and recovery from observing
Hiking, walking, photography, and general enjoyment
2:00 pm talk TBA
3:30 pm. The Levy List: My favorite Deep Sky Objects from 40 years
of comet hunting
This symposium is a journey to distant objects in the night
sky. it is not a mere listing of objects but an approach to the
wonders of the Deep Sky. It will begin with objects that can be
found even in a light-polluted sky, which means that even someone
just starting out in astronomy can enjoy them. Second: the
objects will be well distributed in the sky, so that readers from
different countries, and different hemispheres, will all be able to
observe at least a portion of the selection. In addition to a finder
chart and interesting facts, these objects will be accompanied by
historical notes on how observers from different lands and with
different telescopes found and observed them.
I am a comet hunter. As I would search a region of sky,
occasionally I would come across an interesting object - an
unusually colored star or cluster of stars, a cloud of gas, or a
galaxy. I do not include every object I saw; an object has to have
something special about it to merit inclusion. Over the years I
have located about 350 objects, of which a sample will be
highlighted in this presentation.
6:00 pm Dinner
Evening: If Clear, OBSERVING!
If cloudy: Symposium on Astronomy and Literature
Joining science and literature: Shakespeare, Eclipses, and Changing
Ideas of the Cosmos
On October 2, 1605, Londoners were treated to an almost total
eclipse of the Sun at around the same time that Shakespeare's King
Lear was exploring humanity's relation to the cosmos. "These Late
Eclipses in the Sun and Moon" (a passage from the play) begins a
sophisticated discussion of that relation, based on real events in
the night sky. This is just one example of the rich ness of
astronomical allusions in English Literature that I will explore in
this presentation, which will be accompanied by illustrations and
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Tuesday, August 9, 2005
Morning: Informal Activities and recovery from observing
Hiking, walking, photography, and general enjoyment
2:00 pm: Through the Back Door: A look at Photographic and CCD
searching at Jarnac Observatory by Wendee Levy
This presentation explores the photographic and CCD comet survey
at Jarnac Observatory.
3:00 pm: Project Skywatcher Presentaton and where the Adirondack
Retreat fits in
With the advent of many Education and public outreach projects, we
want to take advantage of David and Wendee Levy’s passion for the
night sky to provide a motivation for as many young people as
possible to enjoy the night sky. We wish to set up a network of
telescopes on one hand both for direct viewing and to gather images,
and a network of schools and universities on the other to allow
students to enjoy and learn from these telescopes. The Twin Valleys
Camp is a primary site where there will be two telescopes, one for
visual viewing and one for automated CCD imaging, to get images that
teachers and students can view at their leisure.
4:30 pm: GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY FOR THE OBSERVATORY!!
6:00 pm: dinner
Evening: OBSERVING!
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A view of the Lodge from the Woods - Adirondack Astronomy Retreat |
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The Fire Pit - Adirondack Astronomy Retreat
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Wednesday, August 10, 2005
Morning: Recovery from observing
Hiking, walking, photography, and general enjoyment
Departure by noon! |
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