STARWADERS Portable Solar System Model
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6.3
Traveling
I built my model in 1999. It is 2012
as I write. The
model went
with me to
view a Total
Solar Eclipse
in Southern
Africa on
December 4,
2002. The
picture shows
me
addressing a large crowd of 300
people the night before the eclipse,
with the help of the mode
l.
The local astronomy club goes to
shopping centres to raise awareness
of the club and astronomy. At one of
these events, I noticed a mother
helping her apparently blind daughter
to feel the solar system. A special
moment that was!
In June 2004 Venus passed across
the surface of the Sun. Our
astronomy club set up telescopes
on the lawns of the local university.
The model was there once again to
help explain the phenomenon.
In November 2005 I traveled
hundreds of kilometers to a mountain
desert called the Richtersveld to show
the stars to a select group of high
school pupils.
Manual compiled by Neville Young
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