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Worley Observatory Honors 50 Years Of Outreach, Star-gazing
Topic Started: Feb 26 2018, 07:31 AM (5 Views)
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In its 50 years, the observatory has become a historic landmark in Louisiana providing education in space exploration for generation after generation. In 1964 the members of the Shreveport-Bossier Astronomical Society, a nonprofit organization of astronomy-lovers, purchased and transformed the once abandoned silo into a space observation station complete with telescopes and plenty of open sky 8 miles south of Shreveport on Highway 175. It was later donated to the Caddo Parish school system. Terry Atwood joined the group in 1959 when he was just in seventh grade. He recalls when The Worley Observatory was just a vision. “Two goals were set: build an astronomical observatory for the Shreveport area, and build a planetarium for the Shreveport area,” Atwood said. “Both goals were met within five years with the support of the Shreveport business community, city and parish governments, and the residents.” Atwood experienced decades of historic moments at the observatory. “With the opening of Shreveport Observatory [as it was first named] in April 1964 hundreds of parents and students attended all of the public viewing nights,” he said. “There was intense interest among students in anything related to space, due to Sputnik.”

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