UA Sponsors Deep Sky Viewing at Moundville

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Don’t miss out on the spectacular view of space from The University of Alabama’s Moundville Archaeological Park on Friday, Oct. 25, 2002, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Dr. Bill Keel, professor of astronomy in the department of physics and astronomy at UA, will deliver a short lecture on the nebulae, star clusters and galaxies that can be viewed from the telescopes. Keel has done considerable work on the Hubble Space Telescope and major ground based telescopes around the world.

There are two telescopes in Moundville Archaeological Park. Those telescopes are set up on a pad in the field across the road from the museum. The park does not charge after-hours admission for this program.

For more information, contact UA’s department of physics and astronomy at 205/348-5050. For additional information on Moundville Archaeological Park go to http://moundville.ua.edu/.

The department of physics and astronomy is in the College of Arts and Sciences, UA’s largest division and the largest public liberal arts college in the state, with approximately 5,000 undergraduate and 1,000 graduate students. The College has received national recognition for academic excellence, and A&S students have been selected for many of the nation’s top academic honors, including 15 Rhodes Scholarships, 13 Goldwater Scholarships, seven Truman Scholarships and 11 memberships on USA Today’s Academic All-American teams.