{"id":91479,"date":"2018-10-18T10:44:10","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T14:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91479///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91479//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91479//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91479//?p=91479"},"modified":"2024-04-16T16:51:18","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T20:51:18","slug":"international-observe-moon-night-comes-ucf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91479///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91479//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91479//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91479//international-observe-moon-night-comes-ucf/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91479//","title":{"rendered":"International Observe the Moon Night Comes to UCF"},"content":{"rendered":"
Fifty years after Apollo 8 became NASA/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91479/u2019s first mission to circle the moon, UCF invites the community to explore this celestial body from right here on Earth./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91479/n
UCF/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91479/u2019s Robinson Observatory will host International Observe the Moon Night on Saturday, Oct. 20, in front of the Reflecting Pond. Started in 2010 by NASA/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91479/u2019s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission office, this annual event invites communities to celebrate lunar science and exploration./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91479/n
Adrienne Dove, an assistant professor in the physics department, hosted the event as a graduate student at her previous institution before bringing it to the UCF campus./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91479/n
/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91479/u201cPart of it is getting people to recognize that we have this big celestial neighbor that is commonly seen in the day and night sky, but many people don/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91479/u2019t know much about the science behind it,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91479/u201d she says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91479/u201cSo we are trying to both engage the public in looking at the moon as part of our lives and our history, but also thinking about the cool science that/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91479/u2019s being done./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91479/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91479/n
Telescopes and volunteers will be at the ready to help the public find the best view of the moon. In addition, there will be one telescope set up with a camera feed that will be projected on a screen so experts can share specific features of the moon with the public. With a little luck, Mars and Saturn will be visible as well./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91479/n
At UCF, International Observe the Moon Night is just one of many Knights Under the Stars events hosted by Robinson Observatory and the student-run Astronomy Society./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91479/n
/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91479/u201cWe couldn/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91479/u2019t run public events without the Astronomy Society/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91479/u2019s students. They/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91479/u2019re super helpful and very enthusiastic. Plus it/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91479/u2019s a great learning opportunity for them,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91479/u201d says Yan Fernandez, the director of Robinson Observatory./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91479/n