http://starsoverkansas.org Kansas Astronomy News and Information from Exploration Place Fri, 20 Apr 2007 20:53:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If it's April, that must mean it's time for Exploration Place's "Spring Spaceout", also known as AstroFest 2007! Kansas' largest celebration of National Astronomy Day is on Saturday, April 21 from 10am - 2pm, and is a packed fun-filled day of activities, demonstrations, special guest lectures, and digital space ... http://starsoverkansas.org/archives/245 Lake Afton Public Observatory 25 Years of Astronomy: Deep Sky Theme December 15-16 :30pm-10:00pm The Observatory is 25 years old! Come and join us for our silver anniversary as we compare what astronomers knew about the universe when we opened in 1981, with what we believe to be true today. For the deep ... http://starsoverkansas.org/archives/228 Lake Afton Public Observatory 25 Years of Astronomy: Deep Sky Theme December 8-9, 15-16 7:30pm-10:00pm The Observatory is 25 years old! Come and join us for our silver anniversary as we compare what astronomers knew about the universe when we opened in 1981, with what we believe to be true today. For the ... http://starsoverkansas.org/archives/227 Lake Afton Public Observatory Saturday, December 2 at 10:00pm Object to be photographed: The Moon On selected clear nights, anyone with a 35mm single-lens reflex camera with a removable lens can take an astronomical photographs with the Observatory's Telescope. Automatic camera without a manual override cannot be used to take astronomical photos ... http://starsoverkansas.org/archives/238 Lake Afton Public Observatory 25 Years of Astronomy: Deep Sky Theme December 1-2 7:30pm-10:00pm The Observatory is 25 years old! Come and join us for our silver anniversary as we compare what astronomers knew about the universe when we opened in 1981, with what we believe to be true today. For the Moon ... http://starsoverkansas.org/archives/235 Lake Afton Public Observatory 25 Years of Astronomy: Deep Sky Theme November 24-25 7:30pm-10:00pm The Observatory is 25 years old! Come and join us for our silver anniversary as we compare what astronomers knew about the universe when we opened in 1981, with what we believe to be true today. For the deep ... http://starsoverkansas.org/archives/226 Lake Afton Public Observatory 25 Years of Astronomy: Deep Sky Theme November 17-18, 24-25 7:30pm-10:00pm The Observatory is 25 years old! Come and join us for our silver anniversary as we compare what astronomers knew about the universe when we opened in 1981, with what we believe to be true today. For the ... http://starsoverkansas.org/archives/225 Lake Afton Public Observatory Saturday, November 11 at 10:00pm Object to be photographed: The Pleiades On selected clear nights, anyone with a 35mm single-lens reflex camera with a removable lens can take an astronomical photographs with the Observatory's Telescope. Automatic camera without a manual override cannot be used to take astronomical photos ... http://starsoverkansas.org/archives/239 Lake Afton Public Observatory 25 Years of Astronomy: Deep Sky Theme November 10-11, 17-18, 24-25 7:30pm-10:00pm The Observatory is 25 years old! Come and join us for our silver anniversary as we compare what astronomers knew about the universe when we opened in 1981, with what we believe to be true today. For ... http://starsoverkansas.org/archives/224 Lake Afton Public Observatory 25 Years of Astronomy: Deep Sky Theme Nov 3-4 7:30pm-10:00pm The Observatory is 25 years old! Come and join us for our silver anniversary as we compare what astronomers knew about the universe when we opened in 1981, with what we believe to be true today. For the Moon ... http://starsoverkansas.org/archives/234 Lake Afton Public Observatory 25 Years of Astronomy: Deep Sky Theme October 27-28 7:30pm-10:00pm The Observatory is 25 years old! Come and join us for our silver anniversary as we compare what astronomers knew about the universe when we opened in 1981, with what we believe to be true today. For the Moon ... http://starsoverkansas.org/archives/233 Lake Afton Public Observatory 25 Years of Astronomy: Deep Sky Theme October 20-21 7:30pm-10:00pm The Observatory is 25 years old! Come and join us for our silver anniversary as we compare what astronomers knew about the universe when we opened in 1981, with what we believe to be true today. For the deep ... http://starsoverkansas.org/archives/223 Lake Afton Public Observatory 25 Years of Astronomy: Deep Sky Theme October 13-14, 20-21 7:30pm-10:00pm The Observatory is 25 years old! Come and join us for our silver anniversary as we compare what astronomers knew about the universe when we opened in 1981, with what we believe to be true today. For the ... http://starsoverkansas.org/archives/221 Lake Afton Public Observatory Saturday, October 7 at 10:00pm Object to be photographed: The Full Moon On selected clear nights, anyone with a 35mm single-lens reflex camera with a removable lens can take an astronomical photographs with the Observatory's Telescope. Automatic camera without a manual override cannot be used to take astronomical ... http://starsoverkansas.org/archives/237 Lake Afton Public Observatory 25 Years of Astronomy: Deep Sky Theme October 6-7, 27-28 7:30pm-10:00pm The Observatory is 25 years old! Come and join us for our silver anniversary as we compare what astronomers knew about the universe when we opened in 1981, with what we believe to be true today. For the ... http://starsoverkansas.org/archives/232 Lake Afton Public Observatory 25 Years of Astronomy: Deep Sky Theme September 29-30 8:00pm-10:00pm The Observatory is 25 years old! Come and join us for our silver anniversary as we compare what astronomers knew about the universe when we opened in 1981, with what we believe to be true today. For the Moon ... http://starsoverkansas.org/archives/231 Lake Afton Public Observatory 25 Years of Astronomy: Deep Sky Theme Sept 22-23 8:00pm-10:00pm The Observatory is 25 years old! Come and join us for our silver anniversary as we compare what astronomers knew about the universe when we opened in 1981, with what we believe to be true today. For the deep ... http://starsoverkansas.org/archives/220 Lake Afton Public Observatory 25 Years of Astronomy: Deep Sky Theme Sept 15-16, 22-23 8:00pm-10:00pm The Observatory is 25 years old! Come and join us for our silver anniversary as we compare what astronomers knew about the universe when we opened in 1981, with what we believe to be true today. For the ... http://starsoverkansas.org/archives/219 NASA has announced a new contest for students ages 11-18: create your own audio or video podcast! It's an exciting time for educators and students. Before the end of the next decade, NASA astronauts will return to the moon. This time, we're planning to stay, building outposts and paving the ... http://starsoverkansas.org/archives/244 Leonard David of Space.com reports that the sequel to the X-Prize winning Spaceship 1 is about to enter the test flight stage: The Mojave, California Spaceport is preparing to handle test flights of the SpaceShipTwo – a passenger carrying suborbital craft, according to Bill Deaver, editor and publisher of the Mojave ... http://starsoverkansas.org/archives/243