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On Sunday, June 2nd, about a dozen members of the DAS volunteered at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science’s Space Day. While some volunteers answered the public’s questions at tables inside the museum, others showed visitors the Sun through their solar telescopes.

Image of DAS volunteers with solar telescopes.
DAS volunteers provide an opportunity to safely view the Sun through a telescope. (Photo by Mary Ann Wallace)
Image of visitor looking through solar telescope.
DAS Past President Ron Hranac shows a young visitor the Sun through his Hydrogen-alpha solar scope. (Photo by July Candia)

 

DAS volunteers Johnny and Eileen Barela talk with the public about space and science. (Photo by Zachary Singer)

Still others gave young visitors hands-on experience with optics…

DAS volunteer Sam Andrews gives a young museum visitor a look through big binoculars. (Photo by Zachary Singer)