Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Astronomy for Everyone Sept 8 At Sterling Public Library

***Press Release***

On Sunday, September 8th at 2:00 Kevin Manning will provide a great program titled Astronomy for Everyone.  During the program he will transport us into a fascinating world beyond our own as he guides his audience on an entertaining and educational exploration of the universe.  The program will have something for all ages.  Following his presentation we will go outside to view sunspots using the same telescope NASA uses.


Kevin is a retired astrophysicist, having worked as a consultant with NASA, the Chandra X-Ray Observatory launched on the space shuttle with the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, and other ground-based observatories. Kevin won national and international awards in his field, and did some work with Brookhaven National Laboratory. Besides the numerous workshops he's presented over the years at libraries, observatories, and science centers, some noteworthy ones include those made at Tufts University, State University of New York at Stony Brook, the NSTA National Convention, AAAS Breakfast with Scientists, and the National Parks Service.

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