Kevin James Manning
Join this popular nationwide event and become part of a scientific literacy movement that has been sweeping the country for 10 years! Our aim is to open new galaxies of inquiry and possibilities for your members, patrons, employees and students. Audiences will enjoy an educational and entertaining exploration of the universe, the stars and other celestial wonders, as well as a refreshingly large perspective gained by looking up to the stars. Programs are dynamic and engaging, and audiences have the opportunity to view amazing jewels of the night sky through a powerful telescope, weather permitting! Often breaking all-time attendance records and consistently receiving rave reviews by all coast to coast, everyone present will benefit from and enjoy a powerful and fantastic experience. Star Tour 2017 delivers:

• An unforgettable program for all ages that boosts scientific literacy and inquiry • Awesome presentation visuals • Star viewing through a powerful custom-designed telescope • Question and answer sessions for inquiring minds hosted by former a consultant to NASA

Kevin is a gifted astronomer, having worked as a consultant with NASA, the Chandra X-Ray Observatory launched on the space shuttle with the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, and other ground-based observatories. Kevin won national and international awards in his field, was both a Wright Fellow and an Einstein Fellow, and did some work with Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Astronomy for Everyone: Size & Scale of the Universe, one of our twenty incredible astronomy programs, is an exciting family program for ages 8 to 100+ about the universe from the very small to the very large that lasts approximately 1 ½ hours. It's a virtual journey throughout the cosmos. I use an MS PowerPoint slide presentation format with my laptop PC, so a digital projector and screen are needed. I also incorporate some exciting video footage. Following this indoor formal presentation, we all go outdoors to view celestial objects in the night sky through a powerful hand-crafted telescope, such as the ice crystal rings of Saturn, craters on the Moon, etc., weather permitting. If it is a daytime program then a solar filter (same one NASA uses) is used to view sunspots on the sun.

• "Thank you so much for the absolutely fantastic public presentation you so excellently provided! Your program was truly incredible! You took a great subject (deserving of much more national interest) and made it a truly awesome, inspiring, and unforgettable experience!" • "You demystify the mysterious and leave us awestruck at the wonders that lay beyond. You truly help us reach for the stars." • "Because of you, I want to be an astronaut when I grow up!"

Location: Nationwide

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