BASF Star Party: San Mateo

College of San Mateo and the San Mateo County Astronomical Society present:
A Family Science and Astronomy Festival (free and open to the public)

• 2:00 pm: Free planetarium show
• 2:30 to 4:30 pm: Science demonstrations by CSM science faculty (Chemistry, Biology, Geology, and Physics)
• 4:30 to 6:30 pm: Astronomy events, hands-on workshops and a planetarium show. Learn how to build a telescope for under $40, watch how you can make a comet on Earth, etc.
• 6:30 to 8:30 pm: Keynote speech by Dr. Alex Filippenko (University of California, Berkeley) in the CSM Theater (Building 3) on "Dark Energy and the Runaway Universe"
• 8:30 - 9 pm: Speaker reception in Theater lobby
• 9:15 to 11:00 pm: Telescope observing at the CSM rooftop observatory (dress warmly)

Park free of charge in the Marie Curie lot (lot 5) for the all events, and after 4:00 pm in Beethoven lot (lot 2) for the keynote presentation.

For more information, go to: www.SMCAS.com or http://collegeofsanmateo.edu/astronomy/
For a campus map, see: http://collegeofsanmateo.edu/map/