NASA "Discovery Dome-to-Go" Training on 3/1/12

NASA is offering training for formal/informal educators of students in grades 2-12 for use of the inflatable planetarium "Discovery Dome-to-Go" on Thursday, 1 March 2012, from 4:30 to 7:00pm PST at the AERO Institute in Palmdale.  Only a few spots remain open for this free training, which will provide materials and allow successful completers to check out the planetarium for lessons during the year.  For more information, please contact: Cheryl Craft at 661-276-5522 or email at cheryl.a.craft@nasa.gov

Lunar Eclipse Viewing at SAGE Planetarium Early Morning 12/10/11

The SAGE Planetarium at Avenue "R" and 20th Street East in Palmdale will be offering telescope positions to view the total lunar eclipse early on Saturday morning, 10 December 2011.  From 0330 to 0640, telescopes will be set up in the parking lot.  The moon will be visible in the northwest sky, with a partial eclipse beginning at 0445, total eclipse (moon will appear to turn a red-orange color) at 0606 (no telescope is needed with a clear field of view of the moon), great eclipse at 0631, and end of the eclipse at 0657.  For more information about lunar eclipses, visit http://shadowandsubstance.com/ or http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/OH/OH2011.html#LE2011Dec10T.