Rainwater Observatory is gearing up for its annual Midsouth Stargaze and Astronomy Conference coming up April 2022! This event attracts amateur and professional astronomers from around the country. It is held under one of the few remaining dark skies in the southeastern United States and just off the beautiful Natchez Trace Parkway near the village of French Camp, Mississippi.  

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Rainwater Observatory in French Camp Mississippi will be offering a free 4-County Electric Foundation “Exploring the Heavens” public program series! This month’s presentation is called "REFLECTIONS OF THE UNIVERSE! “and will be presented on Friday, May 14, 2021, starting at 7:00 p.m. by Edwin Faughn, director of Rainwater Observatory.

"REFLECTIONS OF THE UNIVERSE" focuses on the magnificent visual beauty and unimaginable vastness of the heavens. You will be awestruck by the immensity of the universe we live in and will never be able to look at the night sky the same way again! This inspiring, educational and entertaining Power Point presentation is illustrated with numerous paintings by Faughn that have been featured in and on the covers of leading international space science magazines, books, exhibitions and planetarium productions such as Scientific American, Federal Express World Headquarters and the world premiere of Titanic: The Exhibition.

Edwin has presented hundreds of programs to diverse audiences including universities, museums, schools, aviation firms, conferences, churches, civic groups, senior and youth groups, scouts and various other organizations such as Winthrop Rockefeller Institute, Federal Express World Headquarters, Pink Palace Family Of Museums (75th Anniversary Celebration), Sharpe Planetarium, Arkansas State University (Distinguished Alumni Speaker), Mississippi State University, University Of Mississippi (conference keynote speaker), Arkansas State University (keynote speaker for NASA's STEAM Initiative (STEM with Art + Design) and Crew Training International (CTI is one of the leading providers of Cockpit/Crew Resource Management training for the world's military aviators). His work has also been featured on the main KEPLER website of NASA's Ames Research Center and can be seen at www.edwinfaughn.com .

After the presentation, weather permitting, an observing session will be held using Rainwater’s some collection of powerful telescopes including the largest in Mississippi. Rainwater Observatory and Planetarium is located one mile east of the Natchez Trace Parkway off MS Highway 413 near the village of French Camp in Mississippi. Come early and enjoy dinner at the Council House, another support ministry of French Camp Academy.

For more information, visit Rainwater Observatory at: www.rainwaterobservatory.org, call us at: 662-547-7283 or email us at: info@rainwaterobservatory.org. Sign up for our free monthly e-newsletter on the homepage!