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The Story of the Dudley
Observatory
October
20th - December 22nd, 2002
Opening Reception Sunday, October 20, 2 - 4PM
Nott Memorial, Union College
Safe Solar Observing from 2 - 4PM, weather
permitting
All events are
free and open to the public
Sesquicentennial Lecture
Series
Star Wars, Stellar Motions and Space Dust:
The Dudley
Observatory
1852 - 2002
by George Wise, Dudley Observatory
Sunday, October 27, 2PM, Nott Memorial
reception to follow in Hale House
Communicating Humanity's Widening Universe - 500 Years of
Astronomical Publications in the Collection of The Dudley
Observatory by Dr. Jan Ludwig, Professor Emeritus of
Philosophy, Union College
Sunday, November 10, 2PM, Olin Auditorium,
reception to follow
Panel
Discussion : The Future of Astronomy
with Professor John Delano, Department
of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Albany; Professor
Rebecca Koopmann, Department of Physics, Union College; Professor
Wayne Roberge, Department of Physics, RPI; Dr. Eric Schlegel,
Harvard - Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Sunday, November 24, 2PM, Nott Memorial
reception to follow in Hale House
Friday Film Series
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Friday,
November 1, 7:30pm, Olin Center Auditorium
Powers of Ten (Charles and Ray Eames,
1968, 9 min.)
The Trouble with Tribbles - Star Trek (1967, 45 min.)
Trials and Tribble-ations - Star Trek Deep Space Nine (1996, 45
min.)
Powers of Ten (Charles and Ray Eames, 1977, 9 min.)
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Friday, November 8,
7:30pm, Olin Center Auditorium
Chuck's Rocket (c. 1960, 13 min.)
October Sky (Joe Johnston, 1999, 108 min.)
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Friday, November 15,
7:30pm, Olin Center Auditorium
A Trip to the Moon (George Melies, 1902, 14 min.)
Koyaanisqatsi, (Godfrey Reggio, 1982, 87 min.)
Celestial Observing Nights
Observe planets and stars through the Union College telescope
Friday, November 1; Friday, November 8; Friday, November 15
(weather permitting) beginning at 9:30pm, Olin Center
All events
held on Union
College Campus
For more information on The Dudley Observatory
www.dudleyobservatory.org
photographs by Jim Comly
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