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Adventures in the Night Sky
2024-06-24 19:00 (America/New_York) | Strait Planetium – Mansfield Commonwealth University, 76 Stadium Dr, Mansfiel, PA, 16933
Travel on your own to the Strait Planetarium in the Grant Science Center building at Mansfield Commonwealth University on June 24, 2024 at 7:00pm.
Dr. Elaine Farkas, physicist, will present, “Adventures in the Night Sky!”
Our night sky tour will include history, myths & current adventures & missions in space. After dark at 8:30pm (families with young children can opt to leave prior to this portion of the program), we’ll view the sky with the giant Dob telescope!
Free & fun evening out with your family! All ages are welcome!
Please pre-register at the library, as seating is limited.

Women in Astronomy—Henrietta Leavitt
2024-04-26 18:30
Hamilton-Gibson is presenting the play “Silent Sky” in May. This play is about Henrietta Leavitt and her research at Harvard Observatory in the early 1900’s. Discoveries by Leavitt included how the brightness variability of some stars could be used to measure their relative distance to earth. This was key to future work on mapping the universe.

Hamilton-Gibson Productions, Commonwealth University-Mansfield, and the Pennsylvania Wilds Astronomy Club will present a program celebrating Henrietta Leavitt’s contributions to astronomy. The program will include:

Brief lecture on Leavitt’s research
Scenes from the play by the actors
Spring planetarium show
Telescope observing in the parking lot afterward (weather permitting)
Space-themed snacks

This is a free program, but pre-registration is required. To register, use the Pennsylvania Wilds Astronomy Club website: https://pawildsastro.org/events/
