posted 12/06/10 11:22 AM | updated 12/06/10 11:23 AM
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Star Gazing with Chris Anderson

If you’d like to be able to point out a constellation other than Orion, and you wonder what else is visible in the sky this time of year, join Chris Anderson for an evening of guided star gazing on Thursday, December 9 from 6 to 8 pm.

This two-hour class for adults and teens meets at the Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Hailey. Prior to the class, Sun Valley Center Curator of Visual Arts Courtney Gilbert will give a short tour starting at 5:30 pm of the exhibition Astronomical: An Installation by Jennifer Wood, which looks at the stories behind some of the constellations.

Next Anderson, production specialist for the Faulkner Planetarium at the Herrett Center in Twin Falls, will orient everyone to the late fall/early winter sky in the Wood River Valley. Then, weather permitting, participants will travel to Quigley Canyon to look for themselves. Hot chocolate will be provided and participants are encouraged to bring their own telescopes and planispheres.

Cost for the evening class is $20 members/$25 nonmembers. The tour and class take place at The Center, Hailey, at the corner of Second Avenue and Pine. Register online at www.sunvalleycenter.org or call 726.9491 ex 10.

Star Gazing is offered as part of the Sun Valley Center for the Arts’ ongoing multidisciplinary project, Cosmic, which explores the poetic and scientific aspects of our relationship with the universe through visual arts exhibitions in Ketchum and Hailey, lectures and classes. Details are available at www.sunvalleycenter.org.

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