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NEWS RELEASE
For immediate release: 2006 September 1
For more information -- Glenn A. Walsh:
Daytime: E-Mail < [log in to unmask] >
Evening: Telephone 412-561-7876
Space Probe Crash on Moon May Be Visible to
Amateur Astronomers with Large Telescopes
on Saturday Night
Pittsburgh, Sept. 1 On the evening of September 2,
observers in the eastern half of North America with
moderately large telescopes may get a chance to see
the European SMART-1 spacecraft crash into the Moon,
according to Kent State University Physics and
Astronomy Professor Francis G. Graham, who is a member
of the Steering Committee of Friends of the Zeiss.
Professor Graham has prepared a practical guide for
amateur observers who wish to try to watch the impact
of Smart-1 on the Moon, which can be accessed at the
following link:
<
http://www.venustransit.pghfree.net/gcorner/ImpactMoon.htm
>
For further information, the following is contact
information for Professor Graham:
Francis Graham
East Liverpool Regional Campus
Kent State University
400 East 4th Street
East Liverpool OH 43920 USA
Telephone: 330-382-7466
Electronic Mail: < [log in to unmask] >
Established in 2002, Friends of the Zeiss is a
non-profit organization working to preserve the
history, heritage, and functionality of the building,
equipment, and artifacts of Pittsburgh's original Buhl
Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science.
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gaw
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< http://www.planetarium.cc >
* Adler Planetarium, Chicago:
< http://adlerplanetarium.tripod.com >
* Astronomer & Optician John A. Brashear:
< http://johnbrashear.tripod.com >
* Andrew Carnegie & Carnegie Libraries:
< http://www.andrewcarnegie.cc >
* Duquesne Incline cable-car railway, Pittsburgh:
< http://www.incline.cc >
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