By Daily Press Staff
“California Stars” — which examines how California has been the land of opportunity for astronomers — will be the feature show Sept. 5, 12 and 19 at Santa Monica College's Friday night astronomy series.
The guest lecture in September will be “Surveying the Sky.” Schuyler Van Dyk of NASA will talk about his agency’s Two Micron All Sky Survey project at CalTech, which is designed to close the gap between our current technical capability and our knowledge of the near-infrared sky. The guest lecture will be Friday, Sept. 26.
The feature show and guest lecture are at 8 p.m. Each is preceded by “The Night Sky Show” at 7 p.m., which re-creates the night sky and provides the latest information on space exploration.
“The Night Sky Show” and “California Stars” will be held in the John Drescher Planetarium, which features the state-of-the-art Digistar projection system. It is located on the second floor of Drescher Hall, 1900 Pico Blvd. “Surveying the Sky” will be in Room 140 of the Science Complex, 1900 Pico Blvd.
Tickets are $5 each or $9 for the double bill, with discounts for children and senior citizens. For information, call (310) 434-4223 or (310) 434-3000.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on August 14, 2003. Read the original PDF.