Astronomy Public Talk and Observatory Open House at Denison
Date of Event: October 24, 2008
Posted: October 9, 2008 / Last Updated: October 29, 2008
The Denison University Department of Physics and Astronomy will host a public talk at 8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 24, in the Olin Science Lecture Hall (100 Sunset Hill Drive). David Green, a member of the Denison class of 2000, will speak on the solar system and some of the NASA missions that have explored the solar system. Green has worked as a senior nuclear physics instructor for the U.S. Navy and is now a flight operations engineer for the Boeing Company.
If the skies are clear, Swasey Observatory (300 Chapel Drive) will have an open house at 8:30 p.m. immediately after the talk. Jupiter and other objects will be observed.
Denison’s Swasey Observatory opened in 1910. Visitors will use the Warner & Swasey 9” refracting telescope in the observatory’s dome and at least one 8” reflecting telescope set up at ground level. The telescopes will be accessible until 10 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. To confirm observatory hours that afternoon call 740-587-6477, there will be a recorded message if the observatory event is cancelled that night.
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Calendar Listing:
CALENDAR LISTING: Denison University, Granville — Astronomy Public Talk at 8 p.m. on Fri., Oct. 24, in the Olin Science Lecture Hall (100 Sunset Hill Drive). Observatory Open House, pending clear skies, at 8:30 p.m. Swasey Observatory (300 Chapel Drive). Both events are free and open to the public. To confirm information call 740-587-6477.
About Denison:
Denison University, founded in 1831, is an independent, residential liberal arts institution located in Granville, Ohio. A highly selective college enrolling 2,100 full-time undergraduate students from all 50 states and dozens of foreign countries, Denison is a place where innovative faculty and motivated students collaborate in rigorous scholarship, civic engagement and the cultivation of independent thinking.
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