FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Cindy Deppe, media relations, 641-269-4834

April 11, 2008

OBSERVATORY OPEN HOUSE SCHEDULED AT GRINNELL COLLEGE

The moon, Saturn, and Mars will be the featured celestial objects at an open house at Grinnell College’s Grant O. Gale Observatory, Thurs., April 17, beginning at 8 p.m.

Robert Cadmus, Breid-McFarland Professor of Science, professor of physics, and director of the observatory, will lead the free, public observation. If the weather is cloudy, the program will consist of computer imaging demonstrations and videotaped views through the telescope.

The Grant O. Gale observatory is located on the north perimeter of the Grinnell College campus, north of 10th Ave. and adjacent to Les Duke Track. Attendees should enter from 10th Ave. on the east side of the Athletics and Fitness Center, or park in the tennis court parking lot along 10th Ave. To receive notification of future observatory open houses, contact Robert Cadmus, Department of Physics, Grinnell College, 641-269-3016 (office), 641-269-3014 (observatory), cadmus@grinnell.edu.

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