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International Year of Astronomy: Open House
Start Date: 11/3/2009Start Time: 7:30 PM
End Date: 11/3/2009End Time: 9:00 PM
This event recurs on Tuesday every week until 11/24/2009.  Click here to see the series dates.
Event Description
The Physics and Astronomy Department at Swarthmore College will participate in the 400th anniversary of Galileo's first astronomical use of the telescope. The events at Swarthmore College are part of the Philadelphia area's No Night Without a Telescope program celebrating the International Year of Astronomy.

An astronomy lecture will precede the telescope viewing.
 

Lecture: 7:30 - 8:00 PM, Science Center room 181

Telescope viewing, 8:00 - 9:00 PM, Peter van de Kamp Observatory, Science Center room 393

The event will be held rain or shine. In case of inclement weather making telescope viewing impossible, the lecture will still take place at 7:30 PM.
Location Information:
*Swarthmore College  (View Map)
500 College Avenue
Swarthmore, PA 19081

*Swarthmore College - Science Center
Room: Science Center 181

*Swarthmore College - Science Center
Room: Science Center Peter van de Kamp Observatory
Contact Information:
Email: physics@swarthmore.edu
Event Sponsors
Physics and Astronomy Department
Open To
The Public

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