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The movie "Deep Impact" opened with a students astronomy night.
Also the movie "Roxanne", with Steve Martin and Darryl Hannah, the character Roxanne is an astronomer, waiting to have the comet she found confirmed. Note that they observe from her porch with the light on.
My son assures me that there was an episode of the Simpsons, where Lisa buys Bart a telescope after he breaks his leg.
There is an article about Mars in our little local paper last week. Here is the funniest bit. "To the naked eye, Mars will look as large as the full moon. Mars will be easy to spot."
I'll bring along the full article to Astrofest for others to get a giggle.
"T
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