2008年4月黑龙江省牡丹江市路边天文夜活动

今年4月12日是第二届“国际路边天文夜（ISAN，International Sidewalk Astronomy Night）”活动日。这一天也是世界航天日。1961年的这天，人类首次遨游太空。

路边天文，顾名思义，就是指在路边开展的天文活动。天文工作者或者天文爱好者带着望远镜，来到路边、公园、广场等地，让行人能够驻足欣赏灿烂的星空，一同分享浩瀚神奇的宇宙给人们带来的快乐。

4月11日和12日18时至21时，牡丹江市天文爱好者协会将在江滨公园八女投江雕塑南侧江畔举办路边天文活动，义务提供多台天文望远镜供大家免费观赏火星合上弦月、土星光环、春季星空大三角、蜂巢星团等奇妙天象和天体。欢迎大家参加。

如果您家也有望远镜或者天文望远镜，并可以拿出来一起参加活动，提供给爱好天文的市民观看，我们非常感谢。


本次路边天文夜活动“趣味”照片链接如下，欢迎大家观看。
http://www.astronomy.com.cn/bbs/thread-89856-1-1.html

[ 本帖最后由 浣熊先生 于 2008-4-18 16:02 编辑 ]

（转自北京高校天文社团联合版，北斗流星月，2008.02.23）

Sidewalk Astronomers Newsletter                                                FEb 22, 2008

Greetings! We have the date set for the 2nd ISAN, April 12, 2008 and we hope you will join us. This will coincide with Yuri's Night and hopefully we will have a great turn out of both amateur astronomers and the general public.

We've made a couple of changes to how we are organizing the event this year and we expect things to run smoother and be even more successful than last year.

We are also asking for your help. Last year, we sent hundreds of emails to clubs around the world, we got the email addresses from internet lists which were terrible. So this year, we are asking you to forward this email to every amateur astronomer you know.
You can use the Forward Email link a the bottom.
Thank you.
Donna

Joining ISAN on the Website
We have updated the website www.sidewalkastronomynight.com and instead of listing all the participants, we are using the guestmap that we used for results last year. The map will be a better visual of who is participating and we ask all of you to post your locations. Just go to the website and on the page "Take Part - Join In!" you just click on the little globe. You don't have to post a contact email, if you don't like having it posted on the net, you can instead list your club's website. Just be sure to list your city and country.

Flyers, Posters, and Shirts
You will notice that we have the same flyers that we had last year. If any of you made up different informational flyers, please let us know and we can post them.

We would also like to see your posters and we would like to have an ISAN T-shirt if someone would like to design one. Since we use CafePress.com for shirts, we just need to upload the artwork, with CafePress they are printed on demand, so we can have as many different ones as we want with no minimum orders. The Sidewalk Astronomers don't make profit on the CafePress items, but it allows us to get one or two of an item. Please take a look and give us some ideas. www.cafepress.com/sidewalkastro . When you send artwork, please write "cafe press isan" in the subject line of the email and send it to sidewalkastronomynight@earthlink.net

1st ISAN Booklet Available
We have printed the booklet from the 1st International Sidewalk Astronomy Night available and will send it out to all of our members, but we need to be sure that we have your correct postal address. There is a link at the bottom of this email that says Update Profile, make sure you update yours with your correct address.

Everyone who is on this email list, has ordered products from our website, has taken a class here in LA, has actually "joined" the SA, or has asked to be on the mailing list - all are considered members regardless of whether or not they have paid dues. All these lists are combined, but postage, both international and domestic, is expensive when you are sending out several hundred and we want to be sure we have the correct information.

Become more active!
We need volunteers to help with the newsletters, websites, and artwork for various projects. For ISAN and for the Sidewalk Astronomers, we would like to have photo albums on Picasa or some other photo sharing website and are looking for a volunteer to help with that.

Also, if you have ideas for other projects - great, we'd love to hear them and have you work with us to get them going.

As you can probably tell, I have been doing most of the work on the websites and newsletters (which is why there are so few) and I'm willing to share all this glory!!!!

Our website www.sidewalkastronomers.us and the website for ISAN www.sidewalkastronomynight.com should be linked, if I have done everything right. Please visit both sites and let me know what you think and if everything works.

Sincerely,

Donna Smith / Sidewalk Astronomers
Sidewalk Astronomers

[ 本帖最后由 浣熊先生 于 2008-4-10 21:50 编辑 ]

（转自北京高校天文社团联合版，kempson，2008.02.23）

第二届国际路边天文夜（ISAN，International Sidewalk Astronomy Night）已经定在2008年4月12日。这一天刚好就是Yuri's Night(尤里 加加林夜，就是为了庆祝第一个太空人)，希望我们有普通大众和业余天文爱好者参加进来。

我们对今年的活动的组织和管理都做了一些改善，希望能比去年的天文夜活动进行得更加顺利和成功。

我们也需要你的帮助。去年，我们向世界各地的组织、协会发送了一堆邮件，而且因为管理这些邮件地址很麻烦，所以希望大家能直接转发这封电子邮件到你认识的天文爱好者，这样比较好。谢谢。

网站
我们建立了一个网站www.sidewalkastronomynight.com（译者注：我必须挂代理才能上这个网站，这是北京网通，不知道其他地方上这个网站的情况如何），取代了把所有参加者都列出来的做法。我们正在用一张（去年的）参加者的地图来展示，希望你能发布你将参加活动的地点来完善这张地图。只需要到网站上的"Take Part - Join In!"页面，点击那个小地球图标，然后再弹出的窗口添加地点就行了。你不一定要添上电子邮件地址，你也可以填上协会的网站，但一定要天上 城市/国家这一项。

徽章，海报和T-shirt
我们今年的徽章跟去年的事一样的设计，如果你有新的设计，请联系我们。

我们也希望看到你的海报，如果有人愿意设计的话我们也希望有一件ISAN T-shirt。我们是用CafePress.com来制作T-shirt的，我们只需要发送一些设计图就可以了，CafePress会按要求印制，所以我们想有多少不同的T-shirt就有多少，不用管订单数。SidewalkAstronomers组织没有在CafePress上获利，不过他们允许我们从每一件中提取壹两美元，请看上一眼然后给我们一些点子.网址：www.cafepress.com/sidewalkastro .当你发送设计图时，请在邮件主题上写上 "cafe press isan"并发送到 sidewalkastronomynight@earthlink.net  

第一届ISAN小册子

我们已经印制了第一届国际路边天文夜的小册子，我们将发送到我们所有的成员，但我们必须先知道你们正确的邮寄地址。请在这个链接更新你的地址。

所有在这个邮件列表的人，曾经在我们网站订过产品的人，在LA上过我们的课堂的人，或者成功参加过路边天文活动的人，不论有没有付过会费，都是我们的成员。国际或国内的邮资都很贵，我们希望得到你的确切地址以减少浪费。

变得更加活跃！

我们需要一些志愿者来在邮件列表网站和艺术设计提供帮助。对于ISAN 和Sidewalk Astronomers，我们都想在Picasa上和一些图片共享网站（注：例如Flickr.com，footbig.com）上共享我们的活动照片，我们正在寻找这方面的志愿者来帮助。

另外，如果你有任何点子，很好，我们很希望能聆听你的想法并一起实现。

我们的网站：www.sidewalkastronomers.us 和ISAN的网站： www.sidewalkastronomynight.com 。

署名：Sidewalk Astronomers

[ 本帖最后由 浣熊先生 于 2008-4-10 21:51 编辑 ]

哈这边跟谁联系？
现在我们学校的事我已经大部分交给副社长了
我要准备考新加坡
没什么时间

但是我很希望我们学校参加
这样望远镜才更有着落

原帖由 银河霸主 于 2008-3-29 19:44 发表

                               
登录/注册后可看大图

请把牡丹江的活动地址公布下   嘿嘿  发了3个回复才把事情说清楚  

牡丹江市天文爱好者协会初步计划，4月10日傍晚在某中学校园做天文普及观测，11日晚和12日晚在江滨公园搞路边天文。

原帖由 曦嫣 于 2008-3-29 19:46 发表

                               
登录/注册后可看大图

哈这边跟谁联系？
现在我们学校的事我已经大部分交给副社长了
我要准备考新加坡
没什么时间

但是我很希望我们学校参加
这样望远镜才更有着落  

祝你考学成功。

真遗憾，哈尔滨市业余天文界培养出来的又一位优秀的业余天文学普及工作者也要离开哈市。
此前已经有过很多这样的遗憾了。

关于望远镜，按照惯例，不必对学校方面报有较大的期望。

你就近联系哈市的高校天文社团吧。
东林、哈工大、哈工程、哈理工等。

今天收到了Donna Smith女士的电子邮件。
她说徽章和海报已经邮寄出来了。

支持呀，国人更需要天文普及呀

第一届国际路边天文夜（the 1st International Sidewalk Astronomy Night）于2007年5月19日在全世界六大洲几十个国家和地区举行，上百万人参加。来自我国20多个省、自治区、直辖市的天文组织和爱好者向国际路边天文协会报名参加此次活动。我省大庆、哈尔滨、牡丹江等地天文协会也已经报名。


“路边天文”，顾名思义，就是指在路边开展的天文活动。天文工作者或者天文爱好者带着望远镜，来到路边、公园、街心广场、电影院门前或其他人们聚集的地方，让行人能够驻足仰望，一同欣赏灿烂的星空，分享浩瀚神奇的宇宙给人们带来的快乐。


无论您是否拥有望远镜，我们都诚挚欢迎您的加入。完全自愿，完全免费。喜欢天文的朋友们，一起走进我们自己的天文之夜吧。


（活动情况发贴如下，按照主题发表时间排列）

2007年5月黑龙江省牡丹江市路边天文夜
http://www.astronomy.com.cn/bbs/thread-68261-1-1.html

哈工大的“路边天文夜”！今天你“路边”了吗？
http://www.astronomy.com.cn/bbs/thread-68525-1-1.html

大庆市在广场进行的国际路边天文活动
http://www.astronomy.com.cn/bbs/thread-68553-1-1.html

大庆市5月19日路边天文夜活动照片
http://www.astronomy.com.cn/bbs/thread-68598-1-1.html

在长寿山与工大和世界同好共庆“国际路边天文之夜”
http://www.astronomy.com.cn/bbs/thread-68622-1-1.html

哈尔滨理工大学5月19日路边天文夜活动概况
http://www.astronomy.com.cn/bbs/thread-68704-1-1.html

[ 本帖最后由 浣熊先生 于 2008-4-2 19:04 编辑 ]

这是去年活动的徽章，从美国邮来的，全球只有1000枚。
大家感觉怎么样？

[ 本帖最后由 浣熊先生 于 2008-4-6 14:24 编辑 ]

强烈 支持 !!!

这是今年的活动徽章图案。
Donna Smith女士刚刚发到我的电子邮箱。

Dear Liansheng,

When you joined the email list, you had a choice of signing up for ISAN or for General Sidewalk Information and those lists have been merged. The articles in the monthly newsletters will be about ISAN and also about issues and activities of the Sidewalk Astronomers. I hope all of you who signed up because of ISAN will choose to continue receiving these emails.   

The response to ISAN this year has been great. We haven't promoted it with nearly as much effort as we did last year because that level of work was so difficult to maintain. Last year, we sent out over 2000 emails inviting clubs and individuals to join and this year, you guys have done it all. We simply sent the email to you on the list and you have forwarded the information and the result is that we have nearly the same amount of participation that we had last year.

There will be a results page on the website that will be available for you to post results. Please do not post until after you've been out on the 12 th .   And we encourage everyone to post their results. We are still receiving emails from amateurs who took part last year that we were unaware of. We receive so many of these emails that our guess is that whatever we have posted, the actual participation is double.
  
We're looking forward to a great 2nd ISAN and thank all of you for making it a success.

All the buttons requested have been mailed. If you ordered buttons and you live in Iran, Syria or other countries with "documents only" restrictions, your package was returned to us.   Many of the orders were emailed and many were orders placed through our website/pay pal account. If you live in one of these countries and ordered through pay pal, please let me know so that I can reverse the charges and refund your money.

We also received many late requests from China for buttons.   I have sent them, I just don't know if they will get there in time and we couldn't afford expedited shipping. If you don't receive your buttons, I suggest you copy the artwork from the website and print on large mailing labels. I did this last year to hand out stickers to the younger observers and they were very popular.
  
If you missed ordering buttons from either 1 st or 2 nd ISAN and want to have them as collectibles, they will be available on the website until we run out. At this time, we still have some left and can fill orders as long as they are for small quantities.

We have been sending out postcards/letters in the last couple of weeks to verify the addresses we have on file. If you haven't updated your profile, please follow the link at the bottom of this email and fill out the form with your mailing address and phone number.

We are sending out the ISAN booklet, but not until we have received an address verification. Postage for the booklet will cost about $3,000.00 so we can't afford to send to bad addresses.

PLEASE don't send me an email with your mailing address! This means that I have to manually update your profile and chances are you will get left out.

If you are receiving a print version of this email, please go on line and join the mailing list and complete the profile. We really want to phase out the printed newsletters, so if you don't have Internet and must get printed copies, please fill out and return the form to the left.

In the last year, we've gotten inquiries about different items concerning telescopes that John has had over the years, newspaper or magazine articles about him, articles he's written, photos of him in certain places, etc. and it is extremely difficult to track down these items. John meets so many people in the course of a year that its hard for him to remember who someone is or where they live. We are trying to put together a "Dobson Collection" for possible display in observatories, museums, etc.

Please check the list to the left, if you own the item and don't want to send us the original, we understand and we aren't trying to take possession of anyone's property. In that case, please send us the information on the item so that we know what and where it is. If you send any photos, artwork, video, articles, etc., please be sure to include copyright/credit information.
  
We appreciate your assistance and hope to put together a great collection.   

As many of you have probably heard, John Dobson had a small stroke a few weeks ago and as a result has some minor mobility problems . He is already improving and we expect a full recovery, although we have cancelled any upcoming speaking engagements. While he is recuperating, John will be staying at the Vedanta Society in Hollywood. John sends his thanks to all of you for the kind letters, cards, and emails he received and as always encourages you all to get out with a telescope!

At this time we are asking that you only send letters and cards. The phone isn't near John's room and it is somewhat inconvenient for him to be called to the phone repeatedly.   John's mailing address is:

John Dobson
1946 Vedanta Place
Hollywood , Ca. 90068
USA   

Sincerely,
Donna Smith
Sidewalk Astronomers

We are lucky to be involved in an activity that connects us to others around the world, but that also means that it is increasingly hard to keep up with all the events. Someone recently said "it's hard enough keeping up with what is happening locally, let alone globally."

If you've visited the www.sidewalkastronomers.us   website lately, you've noticed that I've taken the calendars down. I wasn't happy with the Google calendar that I was using and I am looking for a calendar or code to post a page where you can post your own activities. If anyone has an idea or can help with that, please contact me.

I am sure that many of you are involved in planning IYA activities for next year. We'd like to hear what all of you are organizing and what kind of activities you plan on holding. Also, if you have hand out materials that you'd like to share, we'd be happy to post them on the website so that others can copy or download them.

We've noticed that events vary in different geographic areas and some of the best events we've had here in the Los Angeles area were ones where we incorporated ideas from clubs around the world.

大庆这边没啥安排么？还想看看活动照呢