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Show Black holes to be program at observatory CEDAR CITY - Black holes, one of the most perplexing mysteries of the universe, will be featured in February at the Southern Utah State College Ashcroft Observatory. The slide show presentation "The Black Hole" will be shown Fridays at 7 and 8:30 p.m., Feb. 5, 12, Id and 26. Regularly scheduled programs are free to the public. Special group showings can be arranged for a minimal fee by calling the SUSC School of Sciences, 586-7900. 586-7900. "In addition to the slide show, visitors will have a chance to look through the observatory telescope at the Orion Constellation and other prominent objects in the winter sky," said Mark Welch, assistant observatory director. The February program deals with the possible origin and effects black holes have on the universe. The presentation was largely developed by Upward Bound students who worked at the observatory last summer . through a grant from the National Science Foundation. Student contributors were Hollie DeJolie and Ronald Bahe, Tube City High School, and Edmund Austin and Greta Luna, Kayenta High School. "Astronomers have yet actually identify a black hole," Welch, a junior business major, economics and computer... science minor, said. "They do know that certain areas in the universe have such great mass and density that they act as a sponge and won't let matter or light escape." The Ashcroft Observatory is located about three miles southwest of Cedar City on Utah Hwy 56. Roadway signs clearly mark the way. |