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Astronomy Night at Endeavour School

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Astronomy Night at Endeavour School

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Endeavour School is Hosting its third Astronomy Night - FREE and open to the public! Celebrate NASA's 60th, and Apollo 11’s 50th anniversary!

Telescope Viewing of the Moon and Deep Sky Objects at sunset. (Weather permitting.)

Lectures at 7:00 PM: Several short astronomy and space lectures will repeat every 30 minutes - so you can see several of them!

Ask an Astronomer: Several members of the Warren Astronomical Society and five volunteer NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassadors will answer your questions about astronomy and space.

Hands-On Space Science Software: Come to the PC lab and try-out hands-on astronomy and space visualization software:
• Kerbal Space Program —Build rockets and launch them into orbit!
• NASA Eyes on the Solar System —Fly along with NASA space missions, and view the solar system from any planet or moon.
• Stellarium —See the night sky from anywhere on the Earth.

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 the planets really are in a scale-model of our solar system! Learn about the Sun. planets, asteroids, comets and more!

Space Images: The school hallways 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 , and a signed copy of Turn Left at Orion by Br. Guy Consolmagno.

• 2nd Prize: A Bushnell binocular, and a copy of "The Stars: A New Way to See Them" by H. A. Rey.

School Phone: (586) 749-8067

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