TheTamke Allan Observatory-Community Science Learning Center in Harriman, Tennessee, will celebrate Astronomy Day, October 4, 2014 with an all-day Big Event.

Activities include:

• Weather Balloon Launch and Tracking

• Observing the Sun

• Observing the Moon

• Hands-on Observing

• Radio Astronomy Demonstration

• Sky Tours: What’s Up Tonight?

• How to Star-Hop

• Identifying Constellations

• WOW Stuff in the Night Sky

The Observatory, a campus of Roane State Community College, conducts monthly scheduled programs on the first and third Saturdays.

Directions are on the web at:

http://www.roanestate.edu/?6266-Tamke-Allan-Observatory-Community-Science-Learning-Center