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Urbana chosen for NASA exhibit
Urbana University is once again hosting a national exhibit.
Just months after it was chosen to host the Ben Franklin exhibit, the university was chosen as a display site for NASA images of the galactic center region as part of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 celebration.
This year commemorates 400 years since Galileo’s first telescope in 1609.
An all-day celebration will be held Monday, Nov. 23, including the unveiling of the two grand images of the MIlky Way, and presentations from local astronomy experts.
The public is invited to attend and participate in the activities in the Student Center beginning at 4 p.m.
At 4 p.m. in the Moore Room, Urbana University students will lead young visitors through various hands-on activities.
Two programs on Galileo will take place in the Sarah Landess room at 5 p.m.
The director of Boonshoft Museum will discuss Galileo and why his work with the telescope was so important.
The program will include an explanation of the telescope used by Galileo; a model will be on display.
A speaker from the Miami Valley Astronomy Society (MVAS) will follow with a discussion on how we got from Galileo’s ground based telescope to the Hubble Space Telescope.
At 6 p.m. in the lower level of the Student Center outside of the Moore Room, Urbana University President Stephen Jones and Chantelle Rose, Graham High School science teacher and a finalist for the Teacher in Space Program, will unveil the two photograph images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, the Spitzer Space Telescope, and from the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
Following the unveiling, Robert Hendrix, Urbana University professor emeritus in mathematics and science, will explain the details of the photographs while Rose will talk about the future of the exploration of space and space travel.
Weather permitting, at 6:45 p.m. telescopes will be available for viewing the night sky.
For those not able to attend this celebration, the photographs will be on permanent display in the Urbana University Student Center.
For more information visit the university’s Website.
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