Tyler Junior College:
TYLER (KYTX) - The Center for Earth & Space Science Education at Tyler Junior
College will host a star party beginning at dusk, around 7 p.m., Saturday, Feb.
23.
The center is located at 1411 E. Lake St., on the TJC main
campus.
This free, public event is held in partnership with the Astronomical
Society of East Texas and the TJC Society of Physics Students/American Society
of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers.
"We will have telescopes set up outside starting at dusk, and the show
will go on no matter the weather," said center director Dr. Tom
Hooten.
Hooten said the science center will also be open to the public for free
during the star party, and the live night sky will be projected in the dome
theater.
"Science on the Half Shell" is the current science center exhibit and
features the study of bivalve mollusks, which include clams, scallops, oysters
and mussels.
Through the use of three interactive stations, the exhibit explores the
principles of evolutionary biology and provides an understanding of how the tree
of life of this commonplace and familiar group of animals has had meaningful
applications on our everyday lives.
For more information, go to www.tjc.edu/cesse; or find the science center on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/TJCCenterforEarthandSpaceScience.
