Friends of the Zeiss

P.O. Box 1041                                                                   

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15230-1041 U.S.A.

Telephone: 412-561-7876

Electronic Mail: < friendsofthezeiss@planetarium.cc >

Internet Web Site: < http://www.planetarium.cc  >

 

                                                             NEWS RELEASE

 

For immediate release: 2006 September 1

For more information -- Glenn A. Walsh:

               Daytime: E-Mail < gawalsh@planetarium.cc >

               Evening: Telephone 412-561-7876

 

Space Probe Crash on Moon May Be Visible to

Amateur Astronomers with Large Telescopes

 

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: < fgraham@kent.edu >
 

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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Glenn A. Walsh

  Electronic Mail - < gawalsh@planetarium.cc >

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  History of Astronomer and Optician John A. Brashear:

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  History of Andrew Carnegie and Carnegie Libraries:

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  The Duquesne Incline, historic cable car railway, Pittsburgh:

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