Fernbank Planetarium (More than Meets the Eye) and Observatory Viewing

This just in from Poncy Hi Meetup Group site:
FERNBANK HAS CHANGED THEIR SCHEDULE TO SHOW AN MOON LANDING PROGRAM ON THE 17TH SO THIS SHOW IS NOT HAPPENING THAT NIGHT (GLAD I DOUBLE-CHECKED THE WEBSITE). THEREFORE, I AM MOVING IT TO THE 31ST OF JULY -- PLEASE UPDATE YOUR RSVP ACCORDINGLY (ESP BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE ON THE WAIT LIST). SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE.

Hello all,

A friend of mine from another meetup, The Poncey Hi Friends Group, is organizing a great event (http://www.meetup.com...)

It's a great one for SCI-TAV folks too!

Here are the details:

There is a new program coming to the Planetarium this summer that looks good. It focuses on looking at the night sky to find constellations, deep space objects, etc. Here is a description from the website:

Come to our indoor star party! Learn how to “star hop” and how to find deep space objects like galaxies and star clusters. Find out how those eye-popping pictures of nebulae are made, and how they really look through binoculars and small telescopes. And discover the constellations of winter, spring, and summer.

Since the show starts promptly at 8pm when they close the doors to the theater. PLEASE TRY TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE THERE BY 7:45 so we can get tickets and get seated in the theater. I will get there at 7:30 and will be waiting inside, near the ticket counter. If you are early, there are some cool exhibits in the science center so you will not be bored.

Cost is $4 for adults and $3 for students.

Afterwards, if it is a clear night the observatory upstairs should be open, with the telescope trained on something worth seeing (I saw Saturn once there). After that, anybody interested can grab some "PISA" down the street at the Fellini's on Ponce de Leon.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A DIFFERENT LOCATION THAN THE FERNBANK MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND IMAX THEATER. The Fernbank Science Center and Planetarium is further down on Ponce toward Decatur and is located across the street from Fernbank Elementary School.