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10-19-2009, 06:21 PM
The white house threw the first ever star party!!
United States President Barack Obama will welcome skywatchers to the White House Wednesday for an evening of stargazing with the First Family.
A group of professional and amateur astronomers will set up more than 20 telescopes on the White House lawn during the presidential star party to mark the International Year of Astronomy (IYA2009), a celebration of the 400th anniversary of famed astronomer Galileo Galilee's first use of a telescope to observe the night sky. President Obama, his family and a group of local middle-school students are expected to attend.
Top targets on the celestial menu: The craters and mountains of Earth's moon, Jupiter and its own moons, and other stars and objects.
the rest of the story is here:
http://www.space.com/news/091006-white-house-star-party.html
United States President Barack Obama will welcome skywatchers to the White House Wednesday for an evening of stargazing with the First Family.
A group of professional and amateur astronomers will set up more than 20 telescopes on the White House lawn during the presidential star party to mark the International Year of Astronomy (IYA2009), a celebration of the 400th anniversary of famed astronomer Galileo Galilee's first use of a telescope to observe the night sky. President Obama, his family and a group of local middle-school students are expected to attend.
Top targets on the celestial menu: The craters and mountains of Earth's moon, Jupiter and its own moons, and other stars and objects.
the rest of the story is here:
http://www.space.com/news/091006-white-house-star-party.html