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The Shreveport-Bossier Astronomical Society, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization [1] and one of the oldest continuously meeting astronomy clubs in the United States of America. [ citation needed ] Originally named the Shreveport Junior Astronomical Society, it was founded in 1959 by a group of high school students led by a fellow ...
KStars is a free and open-source planetarium program built using the KDE Frameworks. It is available for Linux, BSD, macOS, and Microsoft Windows. A light version of KStars is available for Android devices. It provides an accurate graphical representation of the night sky, from any location on Earth, at any date and time.
The park's ranger-led programs offer guided night sky tours, and spots like Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes, Harmony Borax Works, and Badwater Basin are your perfect vantage points to gaze at the stars.
Oct. 16—Programs to get kids excited about science cost money, so the Santa Fe Community College Foundation is holding a Star Party this weekend for $50 per person in hopes of generating funding ...
n November 1954, 29-year-old Sammy Davis Jr. was driving to Hollywood when a car crash left his eye mangled beyond repair. Doubting his potential as a one-eyed entertainer, the burgeoning performer sought a solution at the same venerable institution where other misfortunate starlets had gone to fill their vacant sockets: Mager & Gougelman, a family-owned business in New York City that has ...
Want to catch that spectacular solar eclipse this week and gaze at the stars while visiting a National Park? We’ve got you covered.
Planetarium software is application software that allows a user to simulate the celestial sphere at any time of day, especially at night, on a computer.Such applications can be as rudimentary as displaying a star chart or sky map for a specific time and location, or as complex as rendering photorealistic views of the sky.
Derrick Pitts (born January 22, 1955) is an American astronomer and science communicator.Pitts studied at St. Lawrence University and has been employed at the Franklin Institute since 1978 where he is chief astronomer and director of the institute's Fels Planetarium.