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The Stars from Santa's North Pole, was a tradition at the Allentown School District Planetarium since the planetarium's founding in 1965. During the Holiday Season, the ASD Planetarium extended a special invitation to district schools and Lehigh Valley daycare centers to visit the planetarium for this one hour seasonal program that was sure to please both young and old alike. Gary A. Becker composite digital photograph... |
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Young Earths learn the motions and geometry for day and night and the sun and directions. Left: Day and night are caused by the Earth's rotation. Right: The sun is setting to the right as Earth rotates counterclockwise. Digital photography by Michael Stump... |
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WOW! Orion the Hunter and Taurus the Bull never looked so good. Note the lines extending from the two children in the front row. Those are pointers which the children use to find the constellations, in addition to “Mr. Becker’s” arrow. He is the guy behind the console. Thank you, Parkway Manor and Mary Kate Brown. |
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In The Star of Bethlehem, science supports religion to show what the Star may have been. Gary A. Becker, ASD Planetarium (left), and Nicholas Knisely, Episcopal Bishop of Rhode Island (formerly Rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, Bethlehem) have jointly discussed the Star's possibilities at the Allentown School District Planetarium. There is no conflict of science and religion here. Don Fisher photograph... |