search articles:     from the issue of May 1, 2008         Astronomy Day event is May 10  UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS Astronomy Day at the University of Nebraska State Museum is 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. May 10.   EXTREME PLANETS - Mueller Planetarium will feature the full-dome show "Extreme Planets" during May 10 Astronomy Day activities at Morrill Hall. The 35-minute show tours recently discovered extra-solar planets.   The museum's Mueller Planetarium will join forces with the Prairie Astronomy Club, Hyde Observatory, and the UNL Department of Physics and Astronomy to provide a day of events. Exhibits and displays will line the lobby of the planetarium and the main floor of the museum, including displays of telescopes, computer astronomy and astronomical photos by members of the Prairie Astronomy Club. Throughout the afternoon, there will be special demonstrations such as how to use a telescope, robotics, and hands-on science activities. The electronic display from the Space Telescope Science Institute, "ViewSpace," will project beautiful images from the Hubble Space Telescope and will provide an artistic and educational mosaic throughout the day. There will also be a special one-day only engagement of the fulldome planetarium show "Extreme Planets." The 35-minute show will be presented at 11 a.m., noon, and 1, 2 and 3 p.m. The show takes audiences to some of the most exciting newly discovered extra-solar planets and is narrated by Rene Auberjonois, best known from the Star Trek series, "Deep Space Nine." All who visit the event will have a chance to win a Meade computerized telescope valued at $300. Registration forms for the telescope drawing will be available at the front desk of the museum and individuals do not need to have purchased admission to be eligible and do not need not be present to win. Astronomy Day will conclude in the evening with an open house "star party" during the regular open hours (sundown to 11 p.m.) of Hyde Memorial Observatory, 3701 S. 70th St. in Holmes Park. There is no admission charge at Hyde Observatory. Admission to the NU State Museum is $5 for adults and $3 for children, high school and non-UNL college students. Children under 4 years and UNL faculty, staff and students are admitted free with ID. Planetarium show tickets will be sold in the Planetarium lobby, $3 for adults and $2 for children, high school and college students. For more information, go to www.spacelaser.com or contact Jack Dunn, planetarium supervisor, at jdunn1@unl.edu or 472-2641. GO TO: ISSUE OF MAY 1 NEWS HEADLINES FOR MAY 1 Griffin to retire after 22 years Management study attracts top NU award Seefeldt maps Jefferson's vision of the west The Scarlet in PDF Format A 'mudhole with potential' Astronomy Day event is May 10 Favorable trend increases term life coverage Fell donates cartoons to Archives Researchers test technique to remove contamination SPRING AFFAIR University releases new penstemon called 'Sweet Joanne' 733163S38204X