[074] Sept. 5 ‘Funky Fizix in Film’ kicks off MTSU First Friday Star Parties

  

MURFREESBORO — MTSU Department of Physics and Astronomy professor Eric Klumpe kicks off the first First Friday Star Party of the year with “Funky Fizix in Film” starting at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 5 in Wiser-Patten Science Hall Room 102.

The star party is free and open to the public and campus community, and children are welcome. Free parking is available behind Wiser-Patten Science Hall after 4:30 p.m. this Friday. To find Wiser-Patten and parking, a printable campus map can be found at http://tinyurl.com/MTSUParkingMap14-15.

First Friday Star Parties are a way for the department to bring the MTSU, Murfreesboro and surrounding communities together. There will be a lecture with the film followed by telescope viewing, weather permitting.

Other First Friday Star Parties this fall will include:

• Oct. 3 — “There and Back Again, an Astronomer’s Journey to the UK,” led by professor John Wallin;

• Nov. 7 — “About Climate,” led by instructor Irina Perevalova; and

• Dec. 5 — “What’s the Matter?” led by instructor Robert Mahurin.