Jan. 17 Observatory Talk Will Explore Winter Sky

The Department of Physics will present “A Tour of the Winter Sky” on Saturday, Jan. 17 at 7:30 p.m. in Joseph M. Bryan Jr. Auditorium. The presentation is free and open to the public.

Thom Espinola, Glaxo Wellcome Professor of Physics, will give short presentation using the observatory’s new dome projector. He will give a tour of the constellations, planets and deep space objects that can be seen this season.

The program will be followed by a tour of the college’s Cline Observatory and, weather permitting, viewing through the main telescope.

Joseph M. Bryan Jr. Auditorium is located in the Frank Family Science Center, accessible by the campus’s North Entrance (Arcadia Drive/George Fox Road).

For more information, call 316-2193 or visit the observatory’s Web page at www.guilford.edu/observatory.

Jan. 8, 2009