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Kids Explore the Night Sky in STARLAB Experience at WKCTC

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West Kentucky Community and Technical College's Challenger Learning Center hosts a 45-minute presentation in a STARLAB portable planetarium. It's a program designed to teach kids about constellations and how the night sky changes. On Sounds Good, Kate Lochte speaks with Dr. Victor Taveras, a member of the physics faculty about the event and a real-life viewing following the STARLAB experience, weather depending.

Currently visible in a clear night sky:

  • Mars - after sunset
  • Saturn - early evening on the horizon
  • Andromeda Galaxy - high in the north
  • Pleiades star cluster - one of the nearest to Earth and visible to the naked eye

The STARLAB experience is designed for kids seven and up with their parents, tomorrow evening from 6 to 7:30 p.m. It costs $10 per person. Reservations at 270-534-3101. The Challenger Learning Center is at 4810 Alben Barkley Drive on the east side of the WKCTC campus in Paducah.
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Matt Markgraf joined the WKMS team as a student in January 2007. He's served in a variety of roles over the years: as News Director March 2016-September 2019 and previously as the New Media & Promotions Coordinator beginning in 2011. Prior to that, he was a graduate and undergraduate assistant. He is currently the host of the international music show Imported on Sunday nights at 10 p.m.
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