Johnson County Community College
Press Release

College Information and Publications
913-469-8500
Julie Haas, Director, ext. 3120
Peggy Graham, Writer, ext. 3425
Tyler Cundith, Sports Information Director, ext. 3122

2/6/06
Story by Joy Gipple

Evening with the stars at JCCC

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – The science department at Johnson County Community College will present Evening With the Stars at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 4. The event is free and open to the public.

William Koch, associate professor of science, will begin the program with a presentation on Fun Naked-eye Objects of the Night Sky in Craig Community Auditorium (room 233 of the General Education Building).  

Following Koch’s presentation, weather permitting, Doug Patterson, associate professor of science, will oversee night sky observing at the Paul Tebbe Observatory located on the roof of the Classroom Laboratory Building. Some objects of note that will be viewable are the Orion Nebula, Pleiades Cluster, Mars, Saturn and the moon.

For more information on Evening With the Stars, contact Koch at 913-469-8500, ext. 3725, or Patterson at 913-469-8500, ext. 4268.