| Scheduled Event: |
Night out at the observatory |
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| Start Date: |
Friday, February 27, 2009 |
| End Date: |
Friday, February 27, 2009
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| Duration: |
7:30 PM to 10:00 PM |
| Location: |
Highland Road Park Observatory 13800 Highland Road |
| Description: |
Join the Ascension Parish 4-H SET club at the Highland Road Observatory in Baton Rouge, LA for a night out viewing the stars. The evening starts with a engaging presentation, "Kepler: The Search for Other Earths". This
fascinating spacecraft blasting off in March is designed to survey our
area of the Milky Way galaxy...and possibly locate hundreds of planets
the size of Earth and smaller. The next step toward discovering if
"anyone is out there" has arrived!
Weather
permitting, free viewing through telescopes will take place for ninety
minutes. During this time the waxing crescent Moon will be 10 percent
illuminated at a maximum altitude of 3 degrees. Please keep headlights
off while parking and leaving, and drive slowly!
Families will also enjoy a fireside marshmallow roast. In order to help support this free service provided by BREC, LSU, and BRAS please bring 1 bag of large marshmallows for future roasts!
For more information about the Highland Road Observatory, please visit their website at http://www.bro.lsu.edu.
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| Last Updated: 2/16/2009 1:11:47 PM |
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