Astronomy Night at Endeavour Middle School

Endeavour Middle School is hosting Astronomy Night!

FREE and open to the public!

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Ask an Astronomer: Several members of the Warren Astronomical Society (http://www.warrenastro.org/was/), and three volunteer NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassadors (https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/ssa/home.cfm) will answer your questions about space and astronomy.

Lectures at 7:00 PM: There will be several short astronomy and space talks, that will repeat every 20 minutes - so you can see all of them!

Telescope Viewing of Jupiter and the Moon at 8:30 PM: Members of the Warren Astronomical Society will have several telescopes on site, where you can see craters and mountains on the Moon, and Jupiter and its moons! (Weather permitting.)

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Astronomy Software: Library computers will be running hands-on astronomy and space visualization software for you to use! Most of the software is free and can be downloaded for use on your home PC!

• NASA Eyes on the Solar System (http://eyes.nasa.gov/eyes-on-the-solar-system.html)—Fly along with NASA space missions, and view the solar system from any planet or moon.

• Celestia (http://www.shatters.net/celestia/)– 3D Space simulator.

• Stellarium (http://www.stellarium.org/)—See the night sky from the Earth.

• Worldwide Telescope (http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/)—Virtual telescope for your PC, with access to data from multiple all-sky surveys.

• Universe Sandbox (http://universesandbox.com/)—Create your own solar system! Lob an asteroid at the Earth. Simulate colliding galaxies! Simulate climate.

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Astronomy Videos: Library computers will be showing images from current space missions, and stunning imagery from space!

Walk the Solar System: See how far apart objects in space really are! Learn about the Sun. planets, asteroids, comets and more!

Space Images: The school hallway will be filled with images of space.

Hold a meteorite! Handle a remnant from the formation of the solar system!

Raffle: Tickets: $1. You do not need to be present to win.

• 1st prize: An Orion tabletop reflector telescope (http://www.telescope.com/Orion-SkyScanner-100mm-TableTop-Reflector-Telescope/p/102007.uts), and a copy of Turn Left at Orion (http://www.amazon.com/Turn-Left-Orion-Hundreds-Telescope/dp/0521153972).

• 2nd Prize: A Bushnell binocular, and a copy of Turn Left at Orion.

• 3rd Prize: A large hardcover book filled with space images from the Hubble Space Telescope.

School Phone:(586) 749-8067

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