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Dedicated to the conservation of the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in Morris County, NJ

Second Sunday with Friends – Our Dynamic Sun

SUNDAY, August 10, 1:30-3pm

Second Sunday with Friends

Our Dynamic Sun

Jeff Beck, a local amateur astronomer and Outreach Chair of the Morris Museum Astronomical Society, will explore how sunspots and solar flares impact the environment including auroras and heating of the upper atmosphere. Through specialized solar telescopes, participants may view the photosphere and chromosphere layers of the Sun. Graeme Birchall and Ana Castillo will provide a hydrogen alpha telescope, which reveals the chemical composition of the Sun.

The August program with be in-person only. Registration is required. ttsu.me/thesun 

In-person will be held at Helen C. Fenske Visitor Center Pavilion, 32 Pleasant Plains Road, Harding Township, NJ 07920

Sponsored by Friends of Great Swamp NWR and USFWS with generous support from the Martha Heflin Foundation.