From: "Scott Mandia"
To: "scclist" <scclist@...>
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 9:34 AM
Subject: [scclist] NASA Image Unveiling at SCCC


> You are invited to attend the NASA Image Unveiling at SCCC!
>
> The Department of Physical Sciences at the Ammerman Campus of Suffolk
> County Community College in Selden has announced that the College has
> been selected by NASA as one of only four community colleges in the
> nation to participate in the International Year of Astronomy
> celebrations.
>
> The International Year of Astronomy 2009 celebrates the 400th
> anniversary of Galileo Galilei first turning a telescope to the heavens.
>
> A spectacular unveiling event will take place on February 20, 2009 at
> 7:00 PM at
> Smithtown Science Building (Room 109) when two new mural-sized images
> taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, Spitzer Space Telescope, and
> Chandra X-ray Observatory will be unveiled to the public. The stunning
> photographs of the spiral galaxy Messier 101 commemorate the
> International Year of Astronomy and will be unveiled by Dr. Michael
> Inglis, Astrophysicist and Associate Professor of Astronomy at Suffolk
> County Community College.
>
> Dr. Inglis noted, "As part of the celebration, we will be featuring a
> 6-foot-by-3-foot image which shows three striking full-color images
> that showcase the galaxy's features in the infrared light observed by
> the Spitzer Space Telescope, the visible light observed by Hubble, and
> the X-ray light observed by Chandra.
>
> After the unveiling, a presentation will be delivered by Dr. Inglis,
> titled "The Life and Legacy of Galileo".
>
> Weather permitting, an observing session using many of the Astronomy
> Department's telescopes will be held after the presentation.
>
> ............................................
> Scott A. Mandia
> Professor - Physical Sciences, Asst. Chair
> Suffolk County Community College
> mandias@...
> http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/mandias/
> 631-451-4104
> "High standards inspire superior performance."
> ............................................
>
>


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