Phillips Auditorium, 11-1. The Bigs and Littles will be treated to a slide presentation followed by a video of a total solar eclipse, a tour of the Great Refractor and, weather permitting, a star party. Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Applications Due Postdoctoral research fellowships will be available at the CfA beginning in the summer or fall of 1998. Research programs include both theory and observation. Subjects studied include atomic and molecular physics, geophysics, the solar system, stars, galaxies, and cosmology.
Appointments are for two years, with renewal for a third year likely.
The Science Education Department publishes the newsletter Horizons in Science Education three times a year. Updates on current project developments, requests for pilot teachers, announcements of new grants, and summer workshop calendars are sent to a mailing list of almost 1000 teachers. The next Observatory Night is Thursday, December 18. The Education Bulletin is published on the first Monday of the month. The deadline for submission of announcements for the January issue is December 29th at 5 pm.