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NASA Planetarium – Solar System and Galaxies for Adults and Teens

Bridgeport, WV – “NASA Planetarium: Solar System and Galaxies for Adults and Teens” is a Bridgeport Public Library “Take Me To Your Reader” Summer Reading program for those over the age of 13. The program will be offered on Tuesday, July 5, 2016 at 2:00pm. Registration is required and can be easily done by calling the library at 304-842-8248.

Books recommended to expand the “NASA Planetarium: Solar System and Galaxies for Adults and Teens” program experience include: Deep Space: beyond the solar system to the edge of the universe and the beginning of time by Govert Schilling The Hubble Cosmos: 25 years of new vistas in space by David H. DeVorkin The Milky Way: an insider’s guide by William H. Waller Wonders of the Solar System by Brian Cox How to Read the Solar System: a guide to the stars and planets by Chris North How I Killed Pluto and Why it had it Coming by Mike Brown If you have questions about this event, please contact Sarah at the library at 304-842-8248. About NASA Planetarium: Solar System and Galaxies for Adults and Teens This planetarium program features scaled representations of the sun and the principal bodies of the solar system in color with tables of basic statistics. The enormous distances between the planets are shown to scale. It also features a colored depiction of the Milky Way Galaxy, complete with spiral arms and a scaled distance line. Source: NASA’s Independent Verification and Validation Program