FORT SCOTT — The Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes is hosting a star party Saturday evening.
Armed with a grant from the Fort Scott Community Foundation, the Milken Center recently acquired a Celestron NexStar 8SE fully automated telescope capable of locating and tracking 40,000 celestial objects.
The evening will start at 7 p.m. in the Lowell Milken Unsung Hero Park with a short program about Henrietta Swan Leavitt, an early 20th century astronomer whose work led scientists to more accurately determine the distances between faraway galaxies.
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