[278] Wallin-led Star Party begins spring series at MTSU Feb. 3

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — The MTSU Department of Physics and Astronomy resumes First Friday Star Parties for the spring semester this week.

John Wallin kicks things off with “Darkness Fell Over the Land — Eclipses in Religion and History” at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, in Wiser-Patten Science Hall Room 102.

Wallin is professor and director of the MTSU computational science doctoral program. To learn more about the program, visit http://www.mtsu.edu/programs/computational-science-phd/.

The star parties are free and open to the public. To find Wiser-Patten Science Hall and nearby parking, visit http://tinyurl.com/MTSUParkingMap.

Other star parties this semester include:

• March 3 — “Solar Science,” led by JanaRuth Ford.

• April 14 — “The 2017 Great American Eclipse at MTSU,” led by Chuck Higgins.

• May 5 — “Funky Fizix in Film,” led by Eric Klumpe.

For more information, call 615-898-2130 or visit http://www.mtsu.edu/programs/astronomy/ and http://www.mtsu.edu/programs/physics/.