Pluto Palooza

PLUTO PALOOZA Saturday, July 11 ? Sunday, July 19 - Lowell Observatory will be open 10 AM to 10 PM (including the Sundays that fall within the event window) - Pluto Telescope Tours every hour between 11 AM and 6 PM - Family-friendly Pluto and New Horizons activities from 10 AM to 10 PM - View the latest images of Pluto on a big screen - Watch exciting liquid nitrogen demonstrations - Build your own New Horizons model - Try your hand at discovering Pluto - Become a light detective - Take your picture with Pluto - Learn about Lowell Observatory?s connections to the New Horizons mission - Hourly showings of the NASA?s Year of Pluto ? New Horizons documentary - Evening telescope viewing - Special Pluto presentation at 6 and 8 PM ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR FLYBY DAY (Tuesday, July 14) - Solar Viewing from 10 AM to 6 PM - Putnam Collection Center Open House from 10 AM to 10 PM - Astronomy-themed face painting from 10 AM to 10 PM - Special Pluto-themed prize giveaways - Live music after 5 PM - New Horizons phones home celebration from 5 ? 7 PM - Remarks by Lowell Observatory director Jeff Hall at 7 PM SPECIAL PROGRAM ON SATURDAY, JULY 18 ?IN PRAISE OF PLUTO: From Mars Hill to the Kuiper Belt, a celebration of a century of exploration of the frontiers of the Solar System at Lowell Observatory? A live multi-media Pluto program featuring authors William Sheehan and Robert Graber from 7 ? 9 PM. Program will include readings from Graber?s Plutonic Sonnets and both authors will be on-hand to sign books after the show.