Star Party Concurrent with White House Star Party

At 8PM on Wednesday, October 7, 2009 we will have a Star Party Concurrent with the White House Star Party in the planetarium with the Internet link on the Whitehouse.gov link. "In the evening, the President and  First Lady will host an event at the White House for middle-school students to highlight the President's commitment to science, engineering and math education as the foundation of this nation's global technological and economic leadership and to express his support for astronomy in particular- for its capacity to promote a greater awareness of our place in the universe, expand human knowledge, and inspire the next generation by showing them the beauty and mysteries of the night sky."

Telescopes will be set up outside the planetarium if it appears likely to be clear to look at Jupiter and it four Galilean Satellites, Io on one side and  Calisto, Ganymeade, and Europa on the other side.  At the moment Clear Sky Clock is predicting that it will be clear.

Montgomery College's Planetarium home page

Web page by Dr. Harold Alden Williams.
Last changed  10:08AM October 7, 2009.