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

9/28/06
Story by Peggy Graham

Look at the Stars at JCCC

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – The Johnson County Community College science department presents an Evening with the Stars at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, in Craig Community Auditorium on the second floor of the General Education Building.

Doug Patterson, associate professor, astronomy, will give a presentation on What’s in a Name, Really? Pluto and the Other Dwarf Planets.

Following Patterson’s presentation, weather permitting, William Koch, associate professor, astronomy, 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 Ring Nebula, Great Cluster in Hercules, Andromeda Galaxy 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