Global Moon Party - Kickoff International Observe the Moon Night
Channel: NASA Night Sky Network
Date: 2021-10-10

Join the NASA Night Sky Network,  the International Observe the Moon Night team, and the Explore Alliance as we kick off a celebration lunar observing and the wonders of our Moon!

SCHEDULE

HOUR ONE
International Observe the Moon Night Kickoff
Poet Ásdís Sif Gunnarsdottir and the Iceland Space Agency
Hosting a Moon Party
Lunar Photography Tips w/Gianluca Masi
plus Andrea Jones, Vivian White, and others

HOUR TWO
Citizen Science and Education Resources
When the Clouds Dampen Your Event - get sciencing! w/Marilé Colón Robles
Lunar Adventures w/the Lunar Planetary Institute's Christine Schupla
JPL's Moon Education w/Brandon Rodriguez
Moon viewing and lunar storytelling w Slooh
Astronomical League Observing Programs 

HOUR THREE
NASA Moon Views
2021: A Moon in Review presentation w/NASA's Staci Tiedeken
Ernie Wright from NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio
Moon Treks w/ Brian Day of NASA Ames Research Center
APOD's Best Moon Images w/Robert Nemiroff
OpenSpace w/ Marina Gemma

Enjoy the musical talent of WindSync throughout. 

NSN Webinar Series Page: Current & Upcoming Event Schedule
https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/news-display.cfm?News_ID=707

NASA Night Sky Network
https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov

Astronomical Society of the Pacific
https://astrosociety.org

Webinar: Prepare for International Observe the Moon Night: 
https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/download-view.cfm?Doc_ID=695

International Observe the Moon Night
https://moon.nasa.gov/observe

Interpret “observe” broadly!
https://moon.nasa.gov/observe-the-moon-night/participate/10-ways-to-observe-the-moon/

Moon Maps
https://moon.nasa.gov/observe-the-moon-night/resources/moon-map/

Register your participation
https://moon.nasa.gov/observe-the-moon-night/register/

Lunar Live Stream from Virtual Telescope Institute
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64uXJC-yJ50
10:30 am PDT/1:30 pm EDT/5:30 pm UTC . Oct 16, 2021

NASA Lunar Photography Guide
https://moon.nasa.gov/moon-observation/photography-guide/

NSN Guide: COVID-19 Safety Recommendations
https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/download-view.cfm?Doc_ID=671

Hosting an International Observe the Moon Night event
https://moon.nasa.gov/observe-the-moon-night/how-to-host/the-basics/

Find an International Observe the Moon Night event
https://moon.nasa.gov/observe-the-moon-night/participate/find-an-event/

Hour 2: Citizen Science & Education 

GLOBE Clouds app
https://observer.globe.gov/about/get-the-app

NASA Citizen Science
https://science.nasa.gov/citizenscience

Splat! Cratering Activity
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/explore/marvelMoon/activities/familyNight/splat

Cratering info
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/explore/shaping_the_planets/impact-cratering

More hands-on activities
https://moon.nasa.gov/observe-the-moon-night/resources/activities/

JPL Education Home
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/

Slooh
Moon viewing and lunar storytelling, featuring Slooh's robotic telescopes, plus Space Exploration Grant opportunities for teachers & students
https://www.slooh.org/

Artemis & NASA Solve 
https://nasa.gov/solve

Astronomical League 
https://www.astroleague.org

Astronomical League Observing Challenge
https://www.astroleague.org/programs/nasa-observing-challenges-special-awards-introduction

Astronomical League #ObserveTheMoon certificate
https://www.astroleague.org/files/u220/IOMN%20Downloadable%20Certificte%202021.pdf

Hour 3: NASA Moon

NASA's Artemis program website
https://www.nasa.gov/artemisprogram

NASA’s VIPER rover website
https://www.nasa.gov/viper/

Explore the Moon
https://moon.nasa.gov

2021 Moon In Review presentation (editable)
https://moon.nasa.gov/resources/469/2021-a-moon-in-review/

NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio
Moon Phase and Libration 2021 (Northern Hemisphere view):
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4874

Moon Phase and Libration 2021 (Southern Hemisphere view)
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4874

SVS: The VIPER Landing Site
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4937

Moonlight (Clair de Lune) data visualization
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=4655

CGI Moon Kit
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4720

NASA Data
https://data.nasa.gov/

OpenSpace
​​https://www.openspaceproject.com/ 

Astronomy Picture of the Day website:  
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

Moon Trek website:
https://trek.nasa.gov/moon/

Moon Maps for lunar observers
https://moon.nasa.gov/observe-the-moon-night/resources/moon-map/

Wrap Up & Call to Action
Add yourself to the global map of lunar observers:
https://moon.nasa.gov/observe-the-moon-night/register/

Participate in International Observe the Moon Night
https://moon.nasa.gov/observe-the-moon-night/participate/

Join the International Observe the Moon Night broadcast
10:30 am PDT/1:30 pm EDT/5:30 pm UTC, on Oct 16, 2021
https://moon.nasa.gov/observe-the-moon-night/participate/live-streams/ 

Your feedback helps shape future International programming!
Observer survey
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/INOMN2021

Event Host survey
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/InOMN21Host