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Making heads or tails of celestial streakers

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By Daily Press staff

The Santa Monica College Planetarium will present a special lecture, “Unveiling the Secrets of Comets,” at 8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 24, in Room 140 of the Science Complex, 1900 Pico Blvd.

Guest lecturer Dr. Paul Chodas, of the Jet Propulsion Lab’s Solar System Dynamics Group, will talk about the latest information about comets and what has been learned from recent spacecraft missions to some of the exotic celestial travelers.

The guest lecture is preceded by “The Night Sky Show” at 7 p.m. on the second floor of Drescher Hall, 1900 Pico Blvd. “Sky Show”, which re-creates the night sky and provides the latest information on space exploration, features the state-of-the-art Digistar projection system.

Tickets are $5 each or $9 for the “double bill,” with discounts for children and senior citizens. For information, call (310) 434-3000. Chamber music: New site takes requests

Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 21, 2006. Read the original PDF.

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