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"A Grand Tour of the Solar System & Beyond"

"A Grand Tour of the Solar System & Beyond"

Award-winning astronomer, author  and educator Kevin Manning will present a slide-lecture tourng the mysterious solar system. Take a virtual journey visiting the Sun, planets, their moons, and debris left over from the earlisest times of the solar system's formation. A  deatiled look at Pluto as the New Horizons spacecraft takes very high resolution images of this elusive and controversial world after waiting 9 1/2 years to reach it since launch in January , 2006. Following the program, participants will go to Crane Park to view the rings of Saturn, craters on the Moon, etc. througha powerful hand-crafted telescope, weather permitting. This program, co-sponsored by the Friends of the Library, is geared for adults and children age 8 and older.

 

Date:
Wednesday, August 14, 2019
Time:
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location:
West Caldwell - Community Meeting Room
BCCLS Library:
West Caldwell Public Library
Audience:
  Adults     Grade 3     Grade 4     Grade 5     Grade 6     Grade 7     Grade 8     Grades 9-12     Seniors  
Categories:
  Lecture     Special Event  
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West Caldwell Library
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  • 30 Clinton Rd
    West Caldwell NJ, 07006
  • 973-226-5441

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