{"id":12985,"date":"2018-10-03T18:00:58","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T01:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/?p=12985"},"modified":"2021-01-18T01:31:56","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T09:31:56","slug":"iotmn2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/?p=12985","title":{"rendered":"International Observe the Moon Night 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IOTMN_2018_UCLA_Meteorite-Gallery_11_17_web.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-13003\" src=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IOTMN_2018_UCLA_Meteorite-Gallery_11_17_web-658x1024.png\" alt=\"IOTMN_2018_UCLA_Meteorite-Gallery_11_17_web\" width=\"658\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IOTMN_2018_UCLA_Meteorite-Gallery_11_17_web-658x1024.png 658w, http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IOTMN_2018_UCLA_Meteorite-Gallery_11_17_web-193x300.png 193w, http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IOTMN_2018_UCLA_Meteorite-Gallery_11_17_web-385x600.png 385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>(click the flyer for a larger version)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">On the evening of <strong>October 20th, 2018<\/strong> from<strong> 7-9PM<\/strong> (weather permitting) come take part in the <strong>FREE <\/strong>International Observe the Moon Night (IOTMN) event on the roof (9th floor) of UCLA&#8217;s Mathematical Sciences Building. Speak with experts on the Moon, observe the Moon, Mars, and other celestial goodies first-hand with our telescopes, check out Lunar dust recovered from Apollo Missions, and learn more about the Moon and space! The UCLA Meteorite Gallery (the West Coast&#8217;s largest collection of meteorites) will also be open to visitors for this special occasion from 6PM-8PM with our newest lunar meteorite on display! More information here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meteorites.ucla.edu\/events\/\">http:\/\/www.meteorites.ucla.edu\/events\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;\">THIS EVENT IS FREE FOR ALL AGES, AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! PLEASE RSVP AT: <a style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/407969269736099\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/407969269736099\/<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For additional directions and parking instructions, click<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/outreach\/iomn2015\/parking-and-directions\/\">here<\/a><\/span>. Follow signs from the Court of Sciences.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-15-at-1.46.25-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13004\" src=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-15-at-1.46.25-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2018-10-15 at 1.46.25 PM\" width=\"833\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-15-at-1.46.25-PM.png 833w, http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-15-at-1.46.25-PM-300x162.png 300w, http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-15-at-1.46.25-PM-600x325.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Click the map above for a larger version<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Exact address:<\/strong> 520 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095 (the 9<sup>th<\/sup> floor\/rooftop). <em>If you arrive at the Planetarium located on the 8th floor of Boelter Hall, take the stairs adjacent to the entrance to get to the 9<sup>th<\/sup> floor of Mathematical Sciences.\u00a0 Please follow the directions on the map regarding instructions on how to get to the roof as the Mathematical Sciences 5th floor elevator is out of service. There are adjacent Entrance Points marked with &#8216;O&#8217; on the map as well as Stairwells and Elevators to get you access to the roof (i.e. &#8216;MS3&#8217; means Mathematical Sciences Stairwell #3, &#8216;BE138&#8217; represents Boelter Hall Elevator #138). &#8216;MG&#8217; denotes the Meteorite Gallery (open 6PM-8PM). Please follow the posted signs to get to the roof for our telescopes and demos.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In the event of bad weather, potential cancellation of the event will be announced on this page and via our social media.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For more general information about IOTMN, click <a href=\"https:\/\/moon.nasa.gov\/observe-the-moon\/annual-event\/overview\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">here<\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Presented by <strong>UCLA<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong>Institute for Planets &amp; Exoplanets<\/strong> (<strong>iPLEX<\/strong>) and the <strong>Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Our official event page on the International Observe the Moon Night is located on a Facebook Event posting located <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/407969269736099\/\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u00a0Be sure to follow <strong>@UCLAiPLEX<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/uclaiplex\/\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/uclaiplex\">Twitter<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/uclaiplex.tumblr.com\/\">Tumblr<\/a> for more news and information on groundbreaking science performed by members of UCLA\u2019s Earth, Planetary, &amp; Space Sciences, Physics &amp; Astronomy, and Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Departments!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(click the flyer for a larger version) &nbsp; On the evening of October 20th, 2018 from 7-9PM (weather permitting) come take part in the FREE International Observe the Moon Night (IOTMN) event on the roof (9th floor) of UCLA&#8217;s Mathematical Sciences Building. Speak with experts on the Moon, observe the Moon, Mars, and other celestial &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/?p=12985\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;International Observe the Moon Night 2018&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12985"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13007,"href":"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12985\/revisions\/13007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}