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\nHe will use s oftware that shows the sky exactly as you would see it if you went outside after dark right outside the library. He can also speed up time and adjus t the location to show numerous astrological objects.
\nThe intended audience is anyone with a keen interest in the sky and will appeal to adu lts and science oriented kids over the age of 12.
\nJim Peck has bee n an amateur astronomer since the age of 10 when he watched the first ever man made satellite\, the Russian Sputnik 1\, travel across the night sky in Albuquerque\, New Mexico in 1957.
\nJim has led astronomy program s while Education Director of the American Littoral Society (coastal conse rvation group) on Sandy Hook and as Executive Director of the Cora Hartsho rn Arboretum and Bird Sanctuary in Short Hills. He wrote the Trail Mix Nat ure Column for the Gannett Newspaper chain for 14 years as he explored the state from High Point to Cape May. Jim has spoken at Public Libraries all across NJ.
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