Starting just recently, images from this grand expedition have started to become available through an online public archive.
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This is simply one more stunning example of the incredible discoveries being wrung from the universe through the technology available today. Astronomers have today have resources undreamed of in the not too distant past. And with these resources they are beginning to unlock the secrets of the universe.
Schools today also have an awesome resource available for awakening a love of science and a passion for the stars among our young. Planetariums have
But now, schools have at their disposal an amazing science assembly in the form of Mobile Ed's Sky Dome Planetarium. Sky Dome features a $40,000 digital star projector light years better than the old analogue system, and capable of amazing computer-generated special effects.
This Spring is an excellent time to investigate scheduling a date for your school. As the summer leads into the Fall the calendar will fill quickly. Why wait? You don't want to miss out on an experience your budding astronomers will never forget! Who knows? Twenty years from now it may be your children fashioning the instruments that will peer into the birth of time itself...
Geoff Beauchamp is the Regional Manager of Mobile Ed Productions where "Education Through Entertainment" has been the guiding principal since 1979. Mobile Ed Productions produces and markets quality educational school assembly programs in the fields of science, history, writing, astronomy, natural science, mathematics, character issues and a variety of other curriculum based areas. In addition, Mr. Beauchamp is a professional actor with 30 years of experience in film, television and on stage. He created and still performs occasionally in Mobile Ed's THE LIVING LINCOLN