University of Nebraska-Lincoln observatory to open

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Behlen Observatory near Mead will be open to the public Dec. 2, 7:30-10 p.m.
Provided the sky is clear, visitors will be able to view the moon, Jupiter, Uranus and star clusters with the observatory's 30-inch telescope and with smaller telescopes set up outside of the observatory.
At 8 p.m., Melissa Brucker from the UNL Department of Physics and Astronomy will give a talk titled "An Overview of the Kuiper Belt."
There is no admission charge.


The observatory will open its doors from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Dec. 2. If the sky is clear, visitors will be able to see the moon, the planets Jupiter and Uranus, and various star formations.


UNL physics and astronomy lecturer Melissa Brucker will discuss the small objects in the outer-most regions of the solar system at 8 p.m.