KIDS SHOOTING FOR THE STARS; REAL RESEARCH WORK WITH AUSSIE TELESCOPE PROPOSED IN PALMDALE SCHOOLS.(News)

From: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) | Date: March 22, 1999 | Copyright information

Byline: Karen Maeshiro Daily News Staff Writer

Youngsters could operate an Australian observatory telescope via computer - doing what the school district's planetarium director describes as true astronomical work - under a proposal now before the board.

The Palmdale School District would pay $3,000 a year to lease a telescope at the Siding Springs Observatory in Coonabarabran, Australia, also making it available for use by other school districts and by Antelope Valley College, officials said.

``You can do it straight from the classroom as long as you schedule the ...

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