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Article: The Public is Invited to Explore the Skies at the Williams College Observatory
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- September 18, 2008
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Williams College issued the following press release:
Williams College invites you to experience the wonders of our universe at the Milham Planetarium, located inside the Old Hopkins Observatory at Williams College.
Astronomy students at the college will host free shows for the public on the following Friday evenings at 7:30 p.m.: September 19, 26; October 3, 10, 17, 24, 31; November 7, 14, 21; December 5; and January 9, 16, 23. Shows will last approximately 50 minutes.
Audiences will be treated to shows from the high-precision Zeiss Skymaster ZKP3/B opto-mechanical planetarium projector, newly installed in April 2005.
The Zeiss Skymaster is capable of demonstrating phenomena including: ...