Join Walking Mountains Science Center and the Eagle Valley Astronomical Society Thursday, February 13th at 7:30pm for “Star Clusters in the Winter Milky Way”
The winter Milky Way now overhead shortly after sunset features beautiful star clusters that are easy to see with binoculars and small telescopes. Clusters are known in two types, “open” and “globular.” While open clusters are the best known examples to most people, globular clusters, like the one known as Messier 79 (located in the constellation Lepus, just under Orion) provided the key clue for revealing our own location in our galaxy. Local astronomer John W. Briggs will show everyone how to see Messier 79 and other winter sky clusters using no more than binoculars, and he will explain how star clusters have taught us so much about our place in the Universe.
All ages are welcome to attend!
Walking Mountains Science Center: (970) 827-9725 | info@walkingmountains.org
John W. Briggs, HUT Observatory: (970) 328-6228 | john.w.briggs@gmail.com
www.walkingmountains.org
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