点评:We attended the night sky program. The best part was the tour of the orrery that the docent gave us before the sun set - that was absolutely fascinating. But it went downhill from there.
The presentation started with a professor and it was too detailed; I doubt the audience understood what he was talking about. We noticed people getting up a lot. We weren't sure what we were supposed to learn / why he was talking about what he was talking about. I think understanding that people attending are not astronomers (or whatever the term is) for the most part and just want to see cool stars would go a long way.
The second presenter used a laser to point out stars are constellations, and he kept it more basic, which was appreciated and more interesting.
After the presentation was over, there were folks with telescopes set up and we walked around and looked through them to see planets and stars. The professor had his telescope trained on O'Ryan's Nebula (apologies if that's spelled wrong), which was absolutely amazing.
Hot chocolate was available, which was nice.
I think the biggest disappointment was that the webpage for the program indicates that images from the main huge telescope inside the dome would be projected on the outside monitor that was used for the presentation. This did not happen. We had an opportunity to look through that telescope for a minute after waiting in a long line.
Also, headlights from passing cars shined on the presentation the whole time.
I feel bad being so negative because they are all wonderful volunteers and they are trying so hard to present their passion to the world, which I appreciate very much. A+ for effort and intent.
翻译:我们参加了夜空节目。最精彩的部分是讲解员在日落前带我们参观太阳系仪——那真是太迷人了。但从那以后就走下坡路了。
演讲由一位教授开始,内容太详细了;我怀疑观众是否理解他在说什么。我们注意到很多人站起来。我们不确定我们应该学什么/他为什么要谈论他正在谈论的内容。我认为,了解参加的人大部分不是天文学家(或任何术语),只是想看看很酷的星星会大有帮助。
第二位演讲者用激光指出星星是星座,他讲得更基础,这很受欢迎,也更有趣。
演讲结束后,有人架起了望远镜,我们四处走动,透过望远镜看行星和恒星。教授用望远镜对准了奥瑞恩星云(如果拼错了,请原谅),这真是太棒了。
有热巧克力供应,很不错。
我认为最令人失望的是,该计划的网页显示,穹顶内的主要巨型望远镜的图像将投射到用于演示的外部监视器上。但这并没有发生。在排了很长的队后,我们有机会通过那架望远镜观看一分钟。
此外,过往车辆的前灯一直照在演示上。
我感到很抱歉如此消极,因为他们都是很棒的志愿者,他们正在努力向世界展示他们的热情,我非常感激。A+,因为他们的努力和意图。