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Our Friendly Skies - April 2012
ANTIETAM BATTLEFIELD PUBLIC STAR PARTY The annual spring Antietam Battlefield Public Star Party will be held April 27 and 28 from dusk to around 10 or 11 p.m. if the sky is clear. A dozen or more scopes will be set up to help you enjoy the spring night...
Tags: Science and Technology, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Science, Religious Festivals
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Our Friendly Skies - January 2012
January Sky For a more detailed tour of the nighttime sky listen to "Skylights" at antpod.com by Chris Kopco of the Brish Planetarium. There are many bright stars and constellations in the January evening sky. The bright winter stars are above...Tags: Johannes Kepler, Science, Galileo Galilei
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Tri-State Astronomers help people learn to use telescopes during clinic
alnotarianni@aol.comJim Stanicek caught a view of Saturn in his telescope. It was during a Tri-State Astronomers star party, a gathering where the public had been invited to a special viewing of the cosmos from Antietam National Battlefield. A young teen was next in line...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Hospitals and Clinics, Science, Christmas, Health
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Weekend calendar - Jan. 15
Telescope clinic TriState Astronomers will host a clinic for owners of telescopes. Amateur astronomers will set up telescopes and show people how to use them. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today. Discovery Station, 101 W. Washington St., downtown Hagerstown. Free...Tags: Arts, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Hospitals and Clinics, Slavery, Martin Luther King Day
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Staff picks for Jan. 12 to 18
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‘You say he’s just a friend’
Hip-hop artist Biz Markie will perform. 10 p.m. to midnight Sunday at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races’ H Lounge, 750 Hollywood Drive, Charles Town, W.Va.
Telescope clinic
TriState...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Awards and Prizes, Arts, Health, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Five for your planner: Monday, Jan. 9
1. Show opening
Twenty African and Black American artists will show works in a new show. Opening receptions are noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, Sunday, Jan. 15, and Monday, Jan. 16. Just Lookin' Gallery, 40 Summit Ave., downtown Hagerstown. Free...Tags: Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Science, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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Planetarium teacher says he has 'the best job ever'
julieg@herald-mail.com“What contributes to light pollution at night?” The sun. The moon. Buildings. Those are some of the answers Ms. Crawford and Ms. Nase’s fourth-grade students from Hickory Elementary School typed into their interactive handheld...Tags: Students, Stephen Hawking, Colleges and Universities, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Teaching and Learning
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Ernst Country Market owner says solar panels are an investment for next generation
davem@herald-mail.comErnst Country Market has been in the Ernst family since 1945 and Greg Ernst has operated the store on Dam Number 5 Road since 1973. Now, Ernst is preparing the store for the future with a 156-panel solar system on the roof that is expected to offset...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Sales, Business, Maryland, Alternative Energy
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Our Friendly Skies - June 2011
TriState AstronomersThe Solar System Visible Evening Planets - SATURN is in the west at sunset. Visible Morning Planets - VENUS is bright in the southeast. - JUPITER is low in the morning twilight - MARS rises during twilight all month. This month, the planets go...Tags: Science and Technology, Hospitals and Clinics, Science, Human Interest, Health
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Rod Martin is entering a new frontier
marieg@herald-mail.comGazing up into a night sky, it's easy to get swept off into the heavens. Thousands of stars appear, like diamonds on velvet, with more graduations of intensity than the naked eye can perceive. Rod Martin was no more than 5 years old when he peered...Tags: University of Cambridge, University of Virginia, Science and Technology, Colleges and Universities, Indiana University
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Our Friendly Skies - February 2011
We’re over halfway through winter! Groundhog Day celebrates the “cross quarter” day which is halfway between the winter solstice and vernal equinox. Think spring!
Start with Jupiter. It’s the brightest “star” in...Tags: Winter Solstice, Science and Technology, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Science, Human Interest
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Challenger: 25 years later, a still painful wound
The Associated PressFor many, no single word evokes as much pain. Challenger. A quarter-century later, images of the exploding space shuttle still signify all that can go wrong with technology and the sharpest minds. The accident on Jan. 28, 1986 — a scant 73...Tags: Science and Technology, Tucson, Teaching and Learning, Gabrielle Giffords, Disasters and Accidents
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