Miscellaneous

Lunar Eclipse, February 20, 2008

Friends of PARI gathered to view the lunar eclipse on the evening of February 20, 2008. Images of the moon were recorded using the West Optical Observatory's 16 inch DFM telescope. Due to the brightness of the full moon, a filter was used until the moon was completely covered by the earth's shadow.

Winners of the Eclipse Photo Contest

 

PARI receives a scale model of Smiley

PARI consultant Bill Meadows delivered a 10:1 scale model of Smiley to PARI on Monday, May 7, 2007.

Placement alternative for UNAVCO GPS instrument

PARI's North Ridge appears to be the best alternative for placement of a UNAVCO GPS instrument. These pictures show a transit on the ridge. It is sitting on the top. Bedrock is approximtely 4 inches from the surface soil. The scope on the transit is 5 feet from the ground. Measurements were taken 360 degrees to identify all locations where the sight line is above 15 degrees from horizon. There are four clusters of trees that block a view above 15 degrees. PARI will remove these trees in order to have a 360 degree unobstructed view of the sky above 15 degrees off the horizon.

Photos taken of the PARI Control Room

 

Screen Capture of PARI Seismometer Reading of 12-7-07 Earthquake

At 6:07:03 am on December 7, 2007 PARI's seismometer detected a magnitude 3.1 earthquake. It was recorded by the U.S Geologic Survey's official government site as an earthquake with its epicenter in Polk County about 5 miles from Columbus, North Carolina at 35.320°N, 82.190°W. Click the image below to see a larger picture of the screen capture.

Photos of the VAL Demonstration Meeting with Patrick Edwards-Daugherty

On Thursday, November 8th Pleiades Consulting President Patrick Edwards-Daugherty gave a demonstration of the work-in-progress of the Virtualized Astronomical Learning project. PARI President Don Cline, staffers Dave Clavier, Michael Castelaz and Lamar Owen were in the PARI Multimedia Room with Patrick. Joining them in a virtual world, Second Life, from various locations in Canada as well as California were the Avatars (3-D virtual images) belonging to Pleiades staffers Jonathan Freedman, Kris Barstow, Ian Wagg, Julie Anne Zwicker, Michel Gallant and Amanda Levin.