New images of planets, star clusters, supernovae, galaxies and black holes taken by the Hubble Space Telescope will be highlighted at the University of Colorado at Boulder's Fiske Planetarium Sept. 28-29.
Professor Mike Shull of CU-Boulder's astrophysical and planetary sciences department will present "New Astronomy Results With the Hubble Space Telescope" both days at 7:30 p.m. in the planetarium.
During the show Shull will discuss how the Hubble Space Telescope continues to produce new discoveries, and suggests that the images should be even better after two new Boulder-built instruments are installed in December 2007.
Shull is a member of the CU-Boulder team that designed and built the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph, an instrument that will be installed on the Hubble Space Telescope. The CU-Boulder spectrograph will help astronomers understand how the first galaxies formed and how they "polluted" intergalactic space with the elements necessary to form planets and life in solar systems around the galaxy, according to Shull.
Admission for each show is $6 for adults, $5 for students and $3.50 for children and seniors. The Sommers-Bausch Observatory is open to the public following Friday evening shows, weather permitting. Admission to the observatory is free.
For more information about Fiske Planetarium and other shows and programs it offers call (303) 492-5001 or visit the Web site at fiske.colorado.edu.