MANSFIELD, PA— More than 150 people attended an open house at Mansfield University’s George Strait Planetarium in the Grant Science Center on April 1. 
Elaine Farkas, an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Chemistry and Physics, and Tim Morey, Resource Specialist from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, presented the free program that covered a variety of topics.
Farkas presented the planetarium portion of the open house, which included the spring sky, the importance of Polaris in the northern hemisphere, and the reason there are seasons. A short movie highlighting the effects of light pollution was also shown.
Morey gave a demonstration of different telescope models available for observation at Hills Creek and Cherry Springs State Park and discussed the effects of light pollution on observation.