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Sunday, June 21
Sunday, June 21
Travel arrangements:
a group of 7 campers from New Mexico flies from Albuquerque to MSP
Transportation is arranged from MSP to Morris, also picking up 6 more campers in the Twin Cities area
campers arrive on campus after 4 pm
settle into dorms
meet camp counselors, rules
dinner in the Dining Hall
Campfire Stories with Professor emeritus Jim Rock, Dakota astronomer, University of Minnesota Duluth
The camp fire will be held on the patio of the Green Dormitory, your home for the week.
Monday, June 22: Navigation Day
Monday, June 22: Navigation Day
Track the sun's shadow through the day
Who Are Turtle Island's Erathostenes, Plato or Ptolemy? - Professor emeritus Jim Rock, Dakota astronomer, University of Minnesota Duluth
Can we measure Earth's radius using shadow length in Morris and New Mexico? Yes, we can!
Celestial coordinates and constellations
Build three-dimensional models of Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, Cassiopeia, Orion, and Cygnus
Observatory at night: the moon, Jupiter, Venus; also open to the public
A simple shadow tracker can teach us all about our position on Earth and the Earth's movement. It's a calendar and a clock.
The dome of the University of Minnesota Morris Observatory
Tuesday, June 23: Observation day
Tuesday, June 23: Observation day
The Ways We WatchThe Universe - faculty from the Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics, Twin Cities Campus
Lenses, mirrors, and how do we see?
Build your own telescope
All about waves and how they change what we see
Perspectives and parallax
Cloud chamber to watch cosmic radiation
RFC (Regional Fitness Center) - swimming optional
Observatory at night
Wednesday, June 24: Astrophysics Day
Wednesday, June 24: Astrophysics Day
Our Sun as a Star - faculty from the Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics, Twin Cities Campus
Solar Observations in the observatory
The solar spectrum: Fraunhofer lines and the blackbody background
A Sun-Cooked Lunch: hot dogs from the solar oven
Nuclear fusion - what is it? How does it work
A trip through the life of a star
something light for the night, perhaps Project Hail Mary in keeping with the solar theme?
A view of part of the solar disk through the 16-inch SCT in the Morris Observatory
Launch of a Model Rocket, November 2025
Thursday, June 25: Space Travel Day
Thursday, June 25: Space Travel Day
Humans and Machines: How far Did We go? - faculty from the Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics, Twin Cities Campus
What does it take to go to orbit? What is weightlessness?
Why is it difficult to go to Mars?
Why is it even more difficult to reach the next star? An introduction to special relativity
Simulate mission trajectories, explore the challenges of navigating gravitation
Build a model rocket and launch
And if you are still not tired: Observatory night
Friday, June 26: Cosmology Day
Friday, June 26: Cosmology Day
All About the Big Bang and Black Holes - faculty from the Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics, Twin Cities Campus
more about general relativity
Reflections
Awards ceremony
departure
Spiral Galaxy M51, taken through the 16-inch SCT in the Morris Observatory
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