Our Fantastic Moon

The full moon is the second brightest object in the sky. This talk will be initiated with a historical overview of the role played by the moon in Indian, Mesopotamian, and Meso-american cultures. It will be proceed with a discussion of few curious facts about the geometry of its orbital motion and cyclic events.  We complete with a survey of high resolution pictures and videos released by several lunar missions, especially the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO).

Enjoy a free public stargazing after the talk at the Montgomery Hill Observatory of Evergreen Valley College from 7 pm to 10 pm.

The facility has an 8 inch refractor telescope in a dome observatory, 14 inch SC telescope in a roll off roof observatory and several other telescopes set out for the public. View Andromeda Galaxy, Orion Nebula , Crab Nebula , Double cluster in Perseus, star cluster Hyades, Pleiades, "Owl" cluster, Beehive cluster, bright stars Rigel, Betelgeuse, Sirius, Aldebaran and many more objects

Parking & campus map: Free parking after 6:00 PM in parking lot #6 for this event.