For release: Dec. 6, 2012
News and Media Relations contact: Randy Weiler, 615-898-5616 or Randy.Weiler@mtsu.edu
Department of Physics
and Astronomy contacts:
Dr. Chuck Higgins, 615-898-5946 or Chuck.Higgins@mtsu.edu
Dr. Eric Klumpe, 615-898-2483 or Eric.Klumpe@mtsu.edu
MURFREESBORO — Department
of Physics and Astronomy professor Chuck Higgins will explore the Supernovae
during the Friday, Dec. 7, First Friday Star Party.
Higgins’ presentation is titled “Supernovae: Nature’s
Brightest Candles.” It will be held starting at 6:30 p.m. in Wiser-Patten
Science Hall Room 102. The event is free and open to the public. MTSU students,
faculty and staff and children are welcome.
After Higgins’
30- to 45-minute talk and weather permitting, participants will go outdoors to
utilize telescopes set up at the observatory.
Free parking is available for Star Party attendees behind
Wiser-Patten.
To reach the parking lot, turn off of East Main Street onto Baird
Lane. Turn right onto Alumni Drive, and then turn left onto Friendship Drive
adjacent to the construction site for the new Science Building. When the road
starts to curve, turn left into the parking lot. Handicap parking requires a
state permit.
For more information contact Higgins at 615-898-5946, Dr. Eric Klumpe
at 615-898-2483 or call the physics and astronomy office at
615-898-2130.
Physics and astronomy is one of 10 College of Basic and
Applied Sciences departments.
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