University of Washington
Astronomy Department

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News, Events, and Area Resources  

• Stardust gathers dust from Comet Wilde 
• Rovers lands on Mars 
• The EarthDial Project

• UW Speakers' Bureau - an excellent place to look for a speaker from any department at the UW, including astronomy
• S2N2 - your northwest connection to NASA resources for education
• UW Campus Observatory - public viewings on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month
• UW Campus Planetarium - available for K-12 and UW groups

• Seattle Astronomical Society
• Pacific Science Center
• Smith Planetarium in PSC - open to the public
• Geer Planetarium at Bellevue Community College Planetarium - also available for school groups

• Ask An Astronomer 1 - at Cornell University
• Ask An Astronomer 2 - at Lick Observatory
• Astronomy Primer - The Dark Sky Institute's online resource for learning astronomy
• Fringe"Astronomy" - Debunking UFOs, Astrology, faces on Mars, and much more for the curiously skeptical
• Gary Kronik's Education corner - On comets, meteors, asteroids, and streaking fireballs from an expert
• Meteor Shower Calendar - when and where to look
• Fireball Reporting - So you saw a fireball? Here's who will want to know -- and why.

• Battle Point Astronomical Association
• Boeing Employees' Astronomical Society
• East Side Astronomical Society
• Everett Astronomical Society
• Olympic Astronomical Society
• Seattle Astronomical Society
• Southwest Washington Astronomical Society
• Squak Mountain Telescope Gang
• Tacoma Astronomical Society
• Whatcom Association of Celestial Observers

• Planetary Systems From the Ancient Greeks to Kepler by Theodor Jacobsen - Figures to accompany Prof. Jacobsen's book detailing historical models of the solar system
• Links and News as available during the 2002 Department Open House
• Astro Teasers:  Moon Belly Dances   Saturn Flaps its Rings