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March 17, 2003

Andromeda. Spiral Galaxy, the only visible galaxy to the naked eye from Earh's N. Hemisphere. Gravitationally bound to the Milky Way. Supernova. Sombrero Galaxy. Spiral galaxy in Virgo is nearly edge on to our Earth-based view. Spectroscopic observations indicate that a billion solar-mass black hole is located at center of galaxy. Rosette Nebula. Near one end of a sprawling giant molecular cloud in constellation Monoceros, the Unicorn. New star formation is taking place within. Pleiades. Open cluster can easily be seen with naked eye in constellation of Taurus the Bull, about 375 light years away. Their blue glow is a reflection nebula created as some of the star's radiation scatters off dust grains in vicinity. Orion Nebula. (Detail) Eastern most star in Orion's Belt holds a variety of nebula nearby. Annular Eclipse. Composites of 5 exposures taken at sunrise in Costa Rica. Shows progress of annular eclipse of the sun that occured on Dec. 24, 1974. Black holes distort spacetime nearby. Circumpolar Stars. Taken at South Celestial pole - shows rotation of the sky. Observatory houses the Angle-Australian Telescope, one of the largest telescopes in the Southern Hemisphere. Coronal Hole. X-ray picture of the Sun. A huge coronal hole dominates the top part of the corona. Eta Carinae. Believed to be a binary star system. This Hubble Space Telescope image details the remnants of an ejection first seen in 1841, and that temporarily made this object the second brightest in the sky. Andromeda. Beyond the Milky Way lies the universe of galaxies. This image shows 100's of galaxies orbiting each other some 3.25 million light years away.

 

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PUBLIC INVITED TO ‘SCOPE THE SKY’ AT BOISE STATE ON APRIL 9

Powerful telescopes will be pointed at Jupiter, Saturn, the moon, the International Space Station and many night sky objects at “Scope the Sky,” 8- 11 p.m. on Wednesday, April 9 on the roof of the Education Building at Boise State University.

The public is invited to peer through the telescopes and learn about the night sky as part of the event sponsored by Black Holez (cq), Boise State’s astronomy club. Admission is $1 for students and $2 general.

The Education Building is located just east of the Morrison Center. Take the elevator to the 7th floor and the stairs to the roof. Pay parking is available at the parking structure on Brady Street and University Drive. In case of inclement weather, signs will be posted canceling the event.

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Daryl Macomb

Physics

426-2356

Media contact:

Janelle Brown

communications and marketing

426-1790


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