Space Science Lab scholars spend 1 week during the summer at PARI followed by periodic meetings through out the school year. The summer session is offered during two different weeks and students may indicate on their application which they prefer to attend.

Choose One of Two Summer Sessions:

22 June - 27 June 2009

27 July - 1 August 2009

Major goals for the week:

• Begin visual observations of the Moon using the optical solar telescopes
• Begin imaging the Moon with telescopes and cameras
• Build an optical telescope
• Search for lunar impacts
• Prepare for future observations using telescopes remotely

2009 Summer Agenda

Monday

• Student Arrival and Check-In: 8:30 am -12:00 pm
• Tour of PARI
• Introduction to Astronomy/Telescopes
• Nature of the Moon
• Comets and Asteroids and Near Earth Objects
• StarLab Portable Planetarium - the Moon
• Star Party

Tuesday

• Nature of Light
• Light and Lenses
• Light Scattering
• How Telescopes Work
• Start Building Optical Telescopes

Wednesday

• Morning hike - weather permitting
• Inner Workings of Digital Cameras
• Imaging Software
• Combining a Telescope with a Camera
• Night Sky Imaging

Thursday

• Image Processing
• NASA Meteor mpact Program
• Observing the Moon
• Lunar Impacts - LunarScan Software
• Observing the Moon - Going Solo

Friday

• Recording Data
• SSL Website
• Future Observations
• Internet Resources
• Cookout
• Observing

Saturday

• Student checkout and departure by Noon

Click here to download the day-to-day schedule