Philadelphia residents set for astronomy marathon
16 October 2009
In the Philadelphia area, eight institutions with telescopes have banded together to celebrate IYA2009. They have decided to throw an astronomy party for the public called "No Night without a Telescope." There will be an astronomy event every night for over a month, starting 18 October and ending 24 November.
When the skies are clear, telescopes will be open for public viewing every night, free of charge. Some of the observations will be exactly those made by Galileo 400 years ago, including the four large moons of Jupiter, which Galileo discovered. Rain or shine, there will be an astronomy-themed talk or demonstration available. Topics range from "scary astronomy," featured on Halloween night, to photographing the Big Bang, to invisible galaxies.
For more information about this ambitious project, please visit: http://www.haverford.edu/iya2009
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