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Date: Jan 12, 2009
Super Bowl Star Party at Hofstra
Astronomy Outreach Program offers alternative Super Bowl Sunday event featuring more stars than a halftime show
Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY – Those who won’t be glued to the TV on Super Bowl Sunday can watch a much bigger show – Venus, the moon, the Orion Nebula and the Pleiades star cluster.
Hofstra's astronomy outreach program is once again offering Super Bowl Star Party, an alternative to the Super Bowl on Sunday, February 1, 2009 for all those non-football fans, football widows and kids, and anyone else who is looking for something else to do that day. Super Bowl Star Party will take place from 6-8 p.m. at the Hofstra Observatory atop Herman A. Berliner Hall (Chemistry and Physics Building), California Avenue at Huntington Place, South Campus.
Hofstra will have several telescopes set up to ensure adequate star-gazing for the evening, or for a quick look at half-time. The program will begin with an introduction to the winter sky by Hofstra astronomers in room 117. For those who still want to sneak a peak at the game, a TV will be set up next to the observatory.
Updates and the latest weather information is available at (516) 463-2 SKY (2759), or at www.hofstra.edu/astronomy. For more information e-mail: observatory@hofstra.edu
Hofstra University is a dynamic private institution where students can choose from more than 140 undergraduate and 155 graduate programs in liberal arts and sciences, business; engineering; communication; education, health and human services; and honors studies, as well as a School of Law. With a student-faculty ratio of 14-to-1, our professors teach small classes averaging 22 students that emphasize interaction, critical thinking and analysis. Hofstra offers a faculty whose highest priority is teaching excellence. The University also provides excellent facilities with state-of-the-art technology, extensive library resources and internship programs that match students’ interests and abilities with appropriate companies and organizations.
Hofstra's astronomy outreach program is once again offering Super Bowl Star Party, an alternative to the Super Bowl on Sunday, February 1, 2009 for all those non-football fans, football widows and kids, and anyone else who is looking for something else to do that day. Super Bowl Star Party will take place from 6-8 p.m. at the Hofstra Observatory atop Herman A. Berliner Hall (Chemistry and Physics Building), California Avenue at Huntington Place, South Campus.
Hofstra will have several telescopes set up to ensure adequate star-gazing for the evening, or for a quick look at half-time. The program will begin with an introduction to the winter sky by Hofstra astronomers in room 117. For those who still want to sneak a peak at the game, a TV will be set up next to the observatory.
Updates and the latest weather information is available at (516) 463-2 SKY (2759), or at www.hofstra.edu/astronomy. For more information e-mail: observatory@hofstra.edu
Hofstra University is a dynamic private institution where students can choose from more than 140 undergraduate and 155 graduate programs in liberal arts and sciences, business; engineering; communication; education, health and human services; and honors studies, as well as a School of Law. With a student-faculty ratio of 14-to-1, our professors teach small classes averaging 22 students that emphasize interaction, critical thinking and analysis. Hofstra offers a faculty whose highest priority is teaching excellence. The University also provides excellent facilities with state-of-the-art technology, extensive library resources and internship programs that match students’ interests and abilities with appropriate companies and organizations.
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