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In time for the April 8 solar eclipse, Jim Peck will cover such topics as the moon, planets, stars and constellations, deep sky objects, artificial satellites, and the sun’s path across the sky.
* Use this link to join our virtual program: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86512677222
He will use software that shows the sky exactly as you would see it if you went outside after dark right outside the library. He can also speed up time and adjust the location to show numerous astrological objects.
The intended audience is anyone with a keen interest in the sky and will appeal to adults and science oriented kids over the age of 12.
Jim Peck has been an amateur astronomer since the age of 10 when he watched the first ever man made satellite, the Russian Sputnik 1, travel across the night sky in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1957.
Jim has led astronomy programs while Education Director of the American Littoral Society (coastal conservation group) on Sandy Hook and as Executive Director of the Cora Hartshorn Arboretum and Bird Sanctuary in Short Hills. He wrote the Trail Mix Nature Column for the Gannett Newspaper chain for 14 years as he explored the state from High Point to Cape May. Jim has spoken at Public Libraries all across NJ.
At the conclusion of the program please feel free to take a brief online survey here:
https://www.projectoutcome.org/responses/75542
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