[Michlib-l] Fw: free online astronomy program, May 23, The Moon is NOT Boring

[Jean Fellows]

Jennifer: This sounds wonderful! Can you share contact info for Jeff?

On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 7:25 PM Jennifer Dye via Michlib-l <
michlib-l at mcls.org> wrote:

> It helps if I put in the link:
> https://dpl-moon-is-not-boring.eventbrite.com
>
> Thanks to Ed Pank for pointing out the omission.
>
> Jennifer
>
> Jennifer Dye
> Acting Manager
> Detroit Public Library
>
> jdye at detroitpubliclibrary.org
>
> Knapp Branch
> 13330 Conant
> 313-481-1771
> M, W, Sat 10-6
> Tu, Th  12-8
> Detroit, Michigan 48212
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Jennifer Dye
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 18, 2023 5:33 PM
> *To:* michlib-l (michlib-l at mail.mcls.org) <michlib-l at mail.mcls.org>
> *Subject:* free online astronomy program, May 23, The Moon is NOT Boring
>
>
> *How rotation, revolution, and perturbation conspire to keep things
> interesting.*
>
>
> Isn’t the Moon always the same? *NO*! The moon is much more dynamic than
> most give it credit for. To the layperson it can be easy to take the Moon
> for granted, for the astronomer it can be easy to ignore the Moon entirely,
> as it can obscure “more interesting” objects. In this presentation, Jeff
> Macleod will unravel all these subtle details, dispelling many common
> misconceptions and illusions involving the Moon as well as explaining
> experiments and observations you can make at home.
>
>
> Jeff MacLeod has a Bachelors in Physics and Astronomy from Wayne State
> University. He is a former president of the Warren Astronomical Society,
> the best astronomy club in Michigan (his words). During his time at Wayne
> State he was active with their astronomy club as well as a presenter at the
> Wayne State Planetarium. Jeff is also a Solar System Ambassador with NASA
> JPL and loves sharing astronomy and spaceflight history with the public.
>
>
> DPL continues partnering with WSU's planetarium on these talks related to
> astronomy.
>
>
> Zoom link will be sent to registrants before program.
>
>
> This program will be recorded and will be available on the DPL YouTube
> astronomy channel: https://bit.ly/DPLAstronomy
>
>
> Photo by Adrian Bradley
>
>
> Jennifer Dye
> Acting Manager
> Detroit Public Library
>
> jdye at detroitpubliclibrary.org
>
> Knapp Branch
> 13330 Conant
> 313-481-1771
> M, W, Sat 10-6
> Tu, Th  12-8
> Detroit, Michigan 48212
>
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-- 
Jean Fellows
(she/hers)
Programming Coordinator
Grand Ledge Area District Library
131 E. Jefferson St.,
Grand Ledge, MI 48837
517-627-7014

*The Grand Ledge Area District Library is situated on ancestral,
traditional and contemporary lands of the Anishinaabeg – Three Fires
Confederacy of Ojibwe, Odawa and Potawatomi peoples-- land ceded in the
1819 Treaty of Saginaw. For more information, see the article from Central
Michigan University
Library:https://blogs.cmich.edu/library/2019/11/26/the-1819-treaty-of-saginaw/#:~:text=In%20the%201819%20treaty%2C%20the,living%20on%20the%20ceded%20territory.
<https://blogs.cmich.edu/library/2019/11/26/the-1819-treaty-of-saginaw/#:~:text=In%20the%201819%20treaty%2C%20the,living%20on%20the%20ceded%20territory.>*
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