LSUS to throw ‘Mars Star Party’ 08/29/03

The LSUS Physics Department is throwing a “Mars Star Party” Tuesday from 9:30 to 11 p.m. (weather permitting) on the grass between the Science Building and Administration Building on the LSUS campus.

“With a little help from our friends and students,” says Dr. Cindy Sisson, associate professor of physics and chair of the Chemistry/Physics Department, “we’ll have several telescopes set up for public viewing of Mars. This will be only 8 days after Earth and Mars had their closest encounter in 60,000 years, so Mars should still be a spectacular sight as it rises into view.”

On hand for the party will be new LSUS faculty member Dr. Laura Whitlock, an astrophysicist who worked for a number of years at NASA.

Ample parking is available in the lots south of the Administration and Science buildings.