The MTSU Department of Physics and Astronomy resumes First Friday Star Parties for the spring 2017 semester this Friday, Feb. 3.
![Dr. John Wallin](http://www.mtsunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Dr.-John-Wallin.jpg)
Dr. John Wallin
Dr. John Wallin kicks things off with “Darkness Fell Over the Land: Eclipses in Religion and History” at 6:30 p.m. Friday in Room 102 of the newly remodeled Wiser-Patten Science Hall.
The star parties are free and open to the public. A searchable, printable campus parking map is available at http://tinyurl.com/MTSUParkingMap, and parking will be free behind the Wiser-Patten Science building.
Wallin is a professor and director of the MTSU computational science doctoral program. To learn more about the program, visit www.mtsu.edu/programs/computational-science-phd.
Other star parties this semester include:
- March 3 — “Solar Science,” led by professor JanaRuth Ford.
- April 14 — “The 2017 Great American Eclipse at MTSU,” led by Dr. Chuck Higgins.
- May 5 — “Funky Fizix in Film,” led by Dr. Eric Klumpe.
For more information, call 615-898-2130 or visit www.mtsu.edu/programs/astronomy and www.mtsu.edu/programs/physics.
— Randy Weiler (Randy.Weiler@mtsu.edu)
![Dr. John Wallin at the MTSU Observatory](https://mtsunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Wallin-observatory-file-photo.jpg)
MTSU astrophysicist John Wallin, shown here inside the university’s observatory, will lead a discussion on “The Invisible Universe and How We See It” starting at 6:30 p.m. Friday, March 2, when MTSU continues the spring 2017 series of First Friday Star Parties. (MTSU file photo)
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