Vanderbilt students will be able to safely see incredible features of the sun in all its naked glory on Sunday, April 5. The Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory will set up its new solar telescope outside The Commons from noon to 2 p.m.
The event will wrap up Vanderbilt’s special activities around “100 Days of Astronomy Cornerstone Project,” a series of global events with the key goals of having as many people as possible look through a telescope between April 2 and 5 as Galileo did for the first time 400 years ago.
WHAT: A special viewing of the sun through Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory’s new solar telescope.
WHERE: The Commons Center at Vanderbilt University at 18th Avenue and Appleton Place.
WHEN: Noon to 2 p.m.
For more information about “100 Hours of Astronomy Cornerstone Project,” visit http://www.100hoursofastronomy.org/.
Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory serves as a community resource for the teaching of science as well as a venue for public, private and corporate events. Each year Dyer hosts thousands of visitors through school tours, observations nights, scout events and other community programs, such as Bluebird on the Mountain. For more information about the Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory, visit http://www.dyer.vanderbilt.edu/.
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