The Chautauqua is designed to spark creative thinking about positive changes in Nebraska education into the next century, said Ellen Russell, director of NN21. The event incorporates the fine and performing arts to stimulate discussion about creative change and experimentation. NN21 action teams and demonstration projects will share and celebrate what they are learning, and higher-education leaders will discuss the changing learning needs of Nebraska citizens. Artists will work with each group to help them prepare presentations capturing the essence of what they've learned since NN21 began. M-13 Cluster Subject of June 26 Observatory Viewing The monthly public viewing at the Student Observatory will be from 9 to 11 p.m. June 26.
Children are welcome.
At sunset the telescope will be trained on the thin crescent moon in the west. After it gets dark, the featured object of the evening will be the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules, also known as M 13. From inside the dark telescope dome many hundreds of faint stars will be visible tightly clustered together. Gaskell said smaller telescopes are also usually set up outside the dome for viewing other objects. The Student Observatory is on top of the Stadium Parking Garage west of Memorial Stadium.