Saturday, May 18, 2013

Harper College Observatory Docent Program

Harper College Observatory docent program, in which middle and high school students volunteer as docents at the observatory.  Bob Katz of Barrinton looks through a telescope of the moon, with student docents helping him, Courtney Wilt (red) and Jessica Qian, both 17 of Barrington. | Mark Ukena~For Sun-Times Media

Harper College Observatory docent program, in which middle and high school students volunteer as docents at the observatory, with several telescopes pointing at the moon, saturn, and other constellations. | Mark Ukena~For Sun-Times Media

Harper College Observatory docent program, in which middle and high school students volunteer as docents at the observatory, with several telescopes pointing at the moon, saturn, and other constellations. | Mark Ukena~For Sun-Times Media

Harper College Observatory docent program, in which middle and high school students volunteer as docents at the observatory.  Student docent Rudhra Kalvani, 13 of Barrington, shpowing people a copper pipe and magnet experiment. | Mark Ukena~For Sun-Times Media

Harper College Observatory docent program, in which middle and high school students volunteer as docents at the observatory.  Joe Kabbes (white shirt), head of Observatory and Science teacher at Harper, gives a talk about everything that will be discussed for the evening show. | Mark Ukena~For Sun-Times Media

Student Docent, Shruti Agarwal, 12 of Palatine, shows Bongning Wang, also of Palatine, a cylinder when looked at through words on paper, some letters appear reversed or upside down, baffling many. | Mark Ukena~For Sun-Times Media

Student Docent, Katya Gozman, 14 of Wheeling shows an experiment, when two magnetic balls collide with paper between, causes a burn reaction, watching is Sean and Bongning Wang of Palatine, and their parents from China. | Mark Ukena~For Sun-Times Media

Harper College Observatory docent program, in which middle and high school students volunteer as docents at the observatory.  Student docent Jessica Qian, 17 of Barrington, realigns a telescope with Courtney Wilt, also 17 of Palatine, observing. | Mark Ukena~For Sun-Times Media

Harper College Observatory docent program, in which middle and high school students volunteer as docents at the observatory.  James Wotal of Palatine, plays music during the program, James used to be incharge of the observatory in the 1990s, also discovered the seventh meteorite in Illinois, "Marengo". | Mark Ukena~For Sun-Times Media

Harper College Observatory docent program, in which middle and high school students volunteer as docents at the observatory, Children line up to look through a telescope that is directed towards the moon. | Mark Ukena~For Sun-Times Media

Harper College Observatory docent program, in which middle and high school students volunteer as docents at the observatory, children climb a ladder to view the big telescope that will be able to view saturn through. | Mark Ukena~For Sun-Times Media

Harper College Observatory docent program, in which middle and high school students volunteer as docents at the observatory, with several telescopes pointing at the moon, saturn, and other constellations. | Mark Ukena~For Sun-Times Media

Harper College Observatory docent program, in which middle and high school students volunteer as docents at the observatory.  Joe Kabbes, realigns a telescope for viewing pleasures. | Mark Ukena~For Sun-Times Media

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