Federation of Galaxy Explorers

Federation of Galaxy Explorers - Please Read

I'm a volunteer!

Published on October 8, 2007 By OckhamsRazor In Astronomy

As a child, I sat in stunned silence in front of the television as Neal Armstrong set foot on the only non-terrestrial object man has ever visited; the Moon. Later, in my teen years, I would walk down the street to an open area (our home was surrounded with pine trees) to lay on the ground and look up at the stars.

It is my love of the universe that prompted me to contact an organization that encourages our children to look up. And not just to look up, but to encourage those that might be so motivated to enter fields of physics, engineering, and other space related areas of study.

As a volunteer for the Federation of Galaxy Explorers, my job is to build a bigger MySpace presence for the organization in order to help spread the word of the organization's existence and build a rapport with other similar clubs and organizations.

I invite any of you who read this to check out the website to see what FOGE is all about, and also to visit our MySpace page which I'll be working on.

Thanks for reading, and I hope to see you there!

Comments

EmperorofIceCream

on Oct 08, 2007

Funny you mentioned this, as I was going to share a pretty cool page I found this morning with you.

We've been noticing some especially interesting star/planet formations in the morning sky around here lately, and I went searching for an easy (and interactive) way to identify them online.

Check this out...Link

Be sure to launch the "Interactive Sky Chart." It's easy, and simple enough for beginners, not too intimidating.

Btw, what we'd been seeing here was the crescent moon, with Saturn off to the left (north), Venus shining *very* brightly above, with Regulus in between , and the constellation Leo also clearly visible.

OckhamsRazor

on Oct 08, 2007

Hey thanks, man. I did try it out. I knew a script like that must exist but for some reason, I couldn't find one that was that easy to use. I appreciate the link.

About 18 years ago, a friend of mine showed me Saturn through a fairly nice telescope. Pretty amazing how much you can see these days (or even those days) with a store bought scope. Can't wait til I'm kickin back in some remote location with my own scope. I wanna check out some deep space stuff - nebulae and whatnot.

Give the lady a big hug from me. Tell her to give you one, too.

Ciao,
Ock

foreverserenity

on Oct 08, 2007

This sounds interesting. I'll show it to my son. Thx!

Jythier

on Oct 10, 2007

Now, if it hadn't said "Please Read" in the title I would've checked it out when it was first posted... thought it was noob-spam or something.

I think it's a great thing to have out there and I will check it out, hopefully it will still be around when the kids get old enough to appreciate stars and such.

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