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By Kelly Mori, Staff Writer Updated 6:32 PM Friday, November 20, 2009

URBANA — Urbana University will celebrate the International Year of Astronomy with the unveiling of never-before-scene photos from the Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes.

The University has been chosen as a display site for NASA images of the galactic center region, 400 years after the introduction of Galileo’s ground telescope in 1609.

An all-day celebration, including the unveiling of the two grand images of the Milky Way and presentations from local astronomy experts, will be held Monday, Nov. 23.

The public is invited to attend and participate in the activities in the student center beginning at 4 p.m.

At 4 p.m. in the Moore Room, Urbana University students will lead young visitors through various hands-on activities.

Two programs on Galileo will take place in the Sarah Landess room at 5 p.m.

The director of the Boonshoft Museum will discuss the importance of Galileo’s work with the telescope, and its model will be on display.

A speaker from the Miami Valley Astronomy Society will follow with a discussion on the journey from Galileo’s ground based telescope to the Hubble Space Telescope.

At 6 p.m. in the lower level of the Student Center, Urbana University President Stephen Jones and Chantelle Rose, Graham High School science teacher and a finalist for the Teacher in Space Program, will unveil the two photograph images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, the Spitzer Space Telescope, and from the Chandra X-ray Observatory.

Following the unveiling, Robert Hendrix, Urbana University professor emeritus in mathematics and science, will explain the details of the photographs while Rose will talk about the future of the exploration of space and space travel.

Weather permitting, at 6:45 p.m. telescopes will be available for viewing the night sky.

The photographs will be on permanent display in the Urbana University Student Center.

Contact this reporter at (937) 328-0347 or kmori@coxohio.com.

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