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Romance Under the Stars

Love, romance and seduction - the constellations of the night sky have them all.

Join us on Valentine's Day for Romance Under the Stars: dinner, drinks and a special romantic planetarium presentation.

Thursday, February 14th
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

at

The Tulsa Air and Space Museum & Planetarium.

3624 N. 74th E Ave
Tulsa, OK
(across from the Tulsa Zoo)

The ticket price includes dinner for two, wine or champagne and the show. Regular seating: $100 per couple, Star seating: $125 per couple. Evening is for patrons over 21.

Seating is limited. Call (918) 834-9900 x123 for reservations.

RSVP by February 11, 2008.

Image courtesy the European Organisation for Astronomical Research

Thanks!

A big thanks to all of you who helped make Saturday's Aviator Ball at TASM a success! I hope you all had a great time and enjoyed the screening of our upcoming planetarium show, Astronaut.

Thank you for all your hard work and effort.

Sky Watch: See Saturn's Moons

The diverse and interesting moons of Jupiter get a lot of attention from science enthusiasts, but this week you can get a view of a few of Saturn's moons as well. To find out where to look, click here.

Sky Watch: Star Clusters and a Meteor Shower

The last chance to see a few star clusters before they set is quickly approaching. Click here to read this week's Sky Watch.

Seeing (Sun) Spots

This is from the Associated Press:

"The peak of the next sunspot cycle is expected in late 2011 or mid-2012 -- potentially affecting airline flights, communications satellites and electrical transmissions....

During an active solar period, violent eruptions occur more often on the sun, the agency said. Solar flares and vast explosions, known as coronal mass ejections, shoot highly charged matter toward Earth."

To read more about it, click here.

Earth-like Planet Discovered

An Earth-like planet, possibly capable of sustaining life, has been discovered around the red dwarf star Gilese 581 C. The star is about 20.5 light years away from Earth. You can read more about it here.

NASA recently demonstrated a method of detecting Earth-like planets. You can find out more about that here.