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The Marquette
Astronomical Society
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Marquette, MI--The Marquette Astronomical Society celebrated National Astronomy Day tonight with a public observation at Mattson Lower Harbor Park. Telescopes were set up at 9:00 pm near the parking area, and viewing began at 9:30. Objects observed included the crescent moon, Mars and Saturn, the Beehive star cluster, and the stars Arcturus and Spica. Star maps were provided.
Beautiful skies 9:30 pm in Lower Harbor Marquette
to celebrate National Astronomy Day
with the Marquette Astronomical Society
About 30 people gathered for the star, moon, and planet gazing celebration
Scott Stobbelaar, Club Vice-President,
Marquette Astronomical Society,
operating one of the 10 telescopes
set up tonight in Lower Harbor
Let's Go Stargazing
An Easy Guide to Finding
Interesting Sky Sights
for the Coming Year
The Astronomy Day Handbook
by David Levy
free at SkyandTelescope.com
Download 850-kilobyte Adobe PDF file
"Twilight"
The Keck I telescope is opened in preparation for a night of observing atop Mauna Kea - image courtesy NASA
at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Get ready to gaze at galaxies through your telescope.
Then compare your views to those taken
in infrared by the Spitzer Space Telescope
For more information about the Marquette Astronomical Society, visit:
http://www.geocities.com/sstobbelaar/mqtastro.html
Saturn's Rings
in Ultraviolet Light
from HubbleSite.org Solar System Collection
Credit: NASA
and E. Karkoschka (University of Arizona)
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