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Saturday September 5, 2015 at 8:00 PM

Status updated by our Observatory Director on Saturday 9/5/2015 at 4:00 PM:

Forecast calls for clouds to dissipate, clear skies ahead.
The observatory will be open at 7:30 pm for views of Saturn before
we start the presentation promptly at 8:00pm.
Public Observing Event
at the ACA Observatory
 
Presentation: Mathematical Illustration of Time Dilation
 
Observing session to follow:
Summertime Open Clusters

Special notes about this event from our Observatory Director...
If we wish to travel to the stars, we'll need to take advantage of
time dilation to get there. This talk is not a traditional presentation
and will take you back to your high school days in math class.

 Please arrive on time as we will first discuss historical experiments
which will give better insight into the illustration of time dilation.

 Observing session will follow featuring Summertime Open Clusters.

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