TSP Ladies
Activities for spouses of Astronomers
We are providing non-astronomy activities for women who would like other things to do including:
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- Group Tour of Museum of the Big Bend at Sul Ross University in Alpine (Friday) [RSVP Only], (shared with all TSP attendees)
- Bird-watching Walks (shared with all TSP attendees)
- Group Tour of Museum of the Big Bend at Sul Ross University in Alpine (Friday) [RSVP Only], (shared with all TSP attendees)
- Try the TSP nighttime Skies! Proudly wear your own TSP pin, by observing 10 naked-eye objects in the TSP Novice Observing Program
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Tour of Museum of the Big Bend:
Group Tour of Museum of the Big Bend at Sul Ross University in Alpine (Friday).
- When: Friday meet at 1:15 PM (departs at 1:30 PM)
- Where: Meet outside the Ranch front office, immediately after the group photo
- Cost: $5/person
- Includes:
- Curator-led tour of the Big Bend Legacy permanent exhibit
- Natural history, human history and confluence of cultures in the Big Bend region
- Including many relics and displays of pioneer and native American life.
- View a 2 minute video of Big Bend Legacy exhibit
- A personalized tour of the Map collection
- Led by Matt Walter, Historian & Curator of Cartographic Collections
- One of the largest and most diversified selections of Texas maps in the state
- See the original first map to depict the Americas as separate continents (1550 A.D.)
- The collection is housed in a special map room
- View examples of the maps on display
- Curator-led tour of the Big Bend Legacy permanent exhibit
- Hosted by: TSP Ladies
- Dress Code: dress comfortably!
- RSVP is required. Submit your Museum of the Big Bend Tour request soon!!!
Open to all TSP attendees! Limited to 16 people!
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Birdwatching Walks:
a 1 1/2 hour Bird Walk on the Ranch!
- This is a great opportunity to hone your OBSERVING skills and find out some of the tricks and techniques to see and identify birds!
- Meet us at the front porch of the Lodge Building (north of Upper Observing field)
- 8 AM Monday thru Saturday: Join us for informal walks in various bird-productive areas of the ranch!
- Bring water, sun protection/hat, and a notepad/pen. Binoculars and a birding book will also be useful, if you have them.
- What Birds can you see? Read the Birding Checklist from some of our walks in 2018, 2016, and 2014!