Radnor Fall Harvest & Great Pumpkin Patch - Solar Observing
When: Sunday, October 6, 2024
1:00 PM until 4:00 PM
Where: The Willows Park, Radnor Township
490 Darby Paoli Road
Villanova, PA 19085
An important DVAA Outreach Event, the Radnor Fall Harvest & Great Pumpkin Patch, is coming up and the DVAA has once again been invited to set up for solar observing. DVAA participation at this event complements Radnor's generous permission to meet without charge at the Radnor Township Building. It would not be too much to say that our relationship with Radnor in part depends on this.
You are invited to participate in this solar event. Barry Johnson will be bringing his scope with white light solar filter. Hydrogen Alpha equipment would be welcome.
There are some sunspots to show, and we've handled this in the past (beginning in 2015) by showing visitors how to safely observe the sun, showing graphs of the sunspot cycle and pictures of sunspots and solar prominences to supplement views through telescopes of the sun. Even without many sunspots, visitors have been appreciative and we've had fun too. Even if you don’t have a solar filter, you can help by answering questions and explaining what the DVAA is all about.
The event runs from 1 PM to 4 PM but the township has asked us to arrive at 11 AM with other vendors and exhibitors to avoid traffic backups. You can arrive after 11 AM, but you'll have traffic delays.
For 2024, we have a much better observing location than in past years. This is on the main field just outside the parking area. (Thanks, Henry!) You'll enter at the normal park entrance near Brook Road and be directed across the grassy field to the DVAA observing location where we can drop off our equipment. At the entrance, you can tell them you’re an exhibitor with the DVAA.
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