The Search for Sun-Like Stars

On Thursday, 20 September, SoVerA member Cathy Stewart will present "The Search for Sun-Like Stars", a follow-up of SoVerA's March presentation on The Kepler Mission. It is not necessary to have been at the previous lecture, to be able to appreciate or enjoy this presentation. This event will be held at 7:00 PM in the BattenKill Room at Equinox Village, 49 Maple St. in Manchester, VT.

Our galaxy has over 200 billion stars! How many of those stars are like our sun? In the search for other habitable planets, finding a star much like our sun is a key component. NASA's Kepler Mission, launching in 2008, has the specific goal of detecting transits and finding Earth sized planets in habitable zones of sun-like stars. Attendees will learn what sun-like stars are and what kind of stars we see in our sky.

Keep your fingers crossed that skies will be clear on the evening of September 20! If they are, we will spend the second part of this presentation outside looking at what we just learned.

SoVerA (Southern Vermont Astronomy) is an organization composed of amateur and professional astronomers, educators, students and members of the lay public. We are dedicated to making astronomy much more accessible to all. Talks and presentations are free and held in venues throughout the southern Vermont region on the third Thursday of every month, with observing afterwards, sky conditions permitting. All are welcome. More information may be found at: www.sovera.org.