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19 Nov 2009

Planetarium to Unveil New Mural-Sized Images from NASA's Great Observatories

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The Whitworth Ferguson Planetarium will take visitors on a journey to the center of our galaxy when it unveils unprecedented mural-sized images of the Milky Way’s core as seen by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, Spitzer Space Telescope, and Chandra X-ray Observatory.

The images will be unveiled to the public on Nov. 22 at 11 a.m. followed by a brief lecture by Dr. Jack Mack, retired Astronomy professor at Buffalo State College, and open exhibition until 4 p.m. 

The Whitworth Ferguson Planetarium is located on the campus of Buffalo State College in the Science Building. For more information, call (716) 878-4911 or visit www.fergusonplanetarium.net.

This will be the planetarium’s last public event until April 2010 as construction commences on the new Science and Mathematics Complex at Buffalo State College.

www.fergusonplanetarium.net

For more information about this story, please contact:

Phyllis Camesano
Public Relations Director
(716) 878-4325