All three LIVE FROM THE SUN broadcasts will air once again on NASA TV in February. I've included the schedule, a brief summary of the broadcasts and the satellite information below. Eileen Bendixsen Moderator, DISCUSS-SUN LIVE FROM THE SUN 2001 2-3 PM* 5-6 PM* 8-9 PM* 11 PM-12 AM* 2-3 AM* All times Eastern NASA Television programming can be accessed through GE2, transponder 9C. The frequency is 3880 Mhz. Orbital position is 85 degrees West Longitude. Polarity is Vertical. Audio is at 6.8 Mhz. This is a transponder service and will be operational 24 hours a day. NASA Television is also transmitted through the World Wide Web. Check out the following web site for further information - http://www.nasa.gov/ntv/ntvweb.html NASA TV may pre-empt scheduled programming for live Agency events. Friday, February 9, 2001 Program 1: "Our Star In Close UP" Without the Sun, there would be no life on the surface of Earth. This program provides a comprehensive update on the amazing discoveries of the past decade, during which NASA spacecraft have returned astonishingly detailed views of the only star we can see…"in close up." But our Sun helps us understand all the other stars out there in the Universe beyond our solar system. In addition to seeing the Sun in close-up, viewers will go behind the scenes at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD—Sun Central/Mission Control for many of America’s solar spacecraft, and Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory, Palo Alto, CA where some of the most powerful telescopes onboard recent spacecraft have been built and tested. Friday, February 16, 2001 Program 2: "Solar Studies and Sunny Interactions" Originally broadcast live from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, solar researchers explain the "colors" of the Sun and how the Doppler Effect reveals the Sun’s internal structure, and much more! See how a blowtorch can make a household tile glow orange ? and how color is a clue to temperature. Goddard astrophysicists join in a tuneful and scientifically accurate ‘a capella’ tribute to our Sun. See how and why solar science is so exciting for the men and women who study our star with spacecraft and telescopes. Friday, February 23, 2001 Program 3: "To the Max" "To the Max" visits NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD) and Marshall Space Flight Center (Huntsville, AL) to update viewers on changes in solar behavior as Solar Maximum approaches. Find out how to "follow the Sun" throughout the coming year via hands-on activities such as building horizon calendars and special "noon shadow" projects, and also via the Internet. -- This is the ISTA-talk mailing list. To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For more information: <http://www.ista-il.org/about/mail_list.html> To search the archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/ista-talk@lists.csi.cps.k12.il.us/>
