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LAS CRUCES MUSEUM OF NATURE & SCIENCE

‘Map the Crescent Moon’ online with city museum

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The Las Cruces Museum of Nature & Science is inviting middle and high school students to join its virtual “Teen Science Café” to connect live with astronomers from Apache Point Observatory (APO) in Sunspot, New Mexico for a webinar beginning at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept 23. Email Stephanie at shawkins@las-cruces.org to register for a link to the event.

“The original remote learners, APO scientists use technology to study Earth’s moon since they can’t easily commute out of orbit,” the city said in a news release about the event. “Students will see how the 0.5-meter telescope is operated from inside the observatory. The telescope will take incremental photos of the moon’s surface showing the craters and mountains that students can print and assemble into a moon map at home.

Visit http://las-cruces.org/museums and find them on Facebook and Instagram @LCMuseums.  

Las Cruces Museum of Nature & Science, Teen Science Café, Apache Point Observatory

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