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| Gary and his telescope |
Adventure: 221, Item 03 – Look to the Heavens
Team: YOLT
Date: September 3, 2013
Location: Fresno
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You have hit on one of Gary's loves—looking skyward. From the day when he picked a book of Greek mythology, he has been enamored with the night sky—seeing the myths come alive in the stars. Of course, tonight we get to see Hercules and Lyra around 9pm. Of course, it would have helped to either have the time to move away from the city lights or have the neighbors turn off their lights.
As I was writing this, I became aware that an old neighbor of mine, Dr. William Burucki was on Science Friday. What does he do? He is a star watcher. But a special star watcher in that he is looking for planets circling other stars-exoplanets. He is the chief investigator for the Kepler telescope. Now that is a telescope to look at stars with.
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