NEWS RELEASE

For immediate release: 2006 September 1
For more information -- Glenn A. Walsh:
   Daytime: E-Mail < [log in to unmask] >
   Evening: Telephone 412-561-7876

Space Probe Crash on Moon May Be Visible to
Amateur Astronomers with Large Telescopes
on Saturday Night

Pittsburgh, Sept. 1 – “On the evening of September 2,
observers in the eastern half of North America with
moderately large telescopes may get a chance to see
the European SMART-1 spacecraft crash into the Moon,”
according to Kent State University Physics and
Astronomy Professor Francis G. Graham, who is a member
of the Steering Committee of Friends of the Zeiss.

Professor Graham has prepared a practical guide for
amateur observers who wish to try to watch the impact
of Smart-1 on the Moon, which can be accessed at the
following link:

<
http://www.venustransit.pghfree.net/gcorner/ImpactMoon.htm
>

For further information, the following is contact
information for Professor Graham:

Francis Graham
East Liverpool Regional Campus
Kent State University
400 East 4th Street
East Liverpool OH 43920 USA
 
Telephone: 330-382-7466
Electronic Mail: < [log in to unmask] >
 
Established in 2002, Friends of the Zeiss is a
non-profit organization working to preserve the
history, heritage, and functionality of the building,
equipment, and artifacts of Pittsburgh's original Buhl
Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science.

                   --30 –-

gaw

Glenn A. Walsh
Electronic Mail - < [log in to unmask] >
NEWS - Astronomy, Space, Science:
< http://buhlplanetarium.tripod.com/#news >
Author of History Web Sites on the Internet --
* Buhl Planetarium, Pittsburgh: 
  < http://www.planetarium.cc > 
* Adler Planetarium, Chicago: 
  < http://adlerplanetarium.tripod.com >
* Astronomer & Optician John A. Brashear: 
  < http://johnbrashear.tripod.com > 
* Andrew Carnegie & Carnegie Libraries: 
  < http://www.andrewcarnegie.cc > 
* Duquesne Incline cable-car railway, Pittsburgh: 
  < http://www.incline.cc >

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