We’re taking the show on the road in partnership with the mobile party crew at TransportedSF. This will be the third in our event series, and it’s a smaller, unique, more intimate affair…

On Thursday, December 10th please join us aboard that famous funky, orange, bio-diesel party bus for an Equilibrium Stargazing Adventure. We’ll make our way out of the city to a special location in the Marin headlands where telescopes and a Star Party guide await our arrival. Get hands on with the wonders of astronomy as our guide instructs you in proper telescope use for planetary and galactic viewing. And to show you where it *all* fits in the bigger scheme of things, NASA researcher Michael Broxton, will fire up an amazing projected planetarium and take us on a guided tour of the known universe.

All along the ride and at the stargazing location we’ll feast our ears and wiggle our bodies in dance-like motions to the fat beats and sweet melodies of perennial favorite dj’s Dr. Toast and Alxndr. Delicious chai, hookah, and tasty treats will be served at the star party.

Space on the bus is limited, so make sure to get your tickets ASAP at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/91424 . Note, this event is *not* at Langton Labs; the bus will pick us up a few blocks away at 135 Dore St at 8pm sharp.

Michael Broxton Bio & Talk Info:

Michael Broxton is a research scientist in the Intelligent Robotics Group at NASA Ames Research Center where he specializes in image processing, computer vision, and cartography. He is the lead of the Ames Planetary Mapping and Modeling team, which seeks to make NASA’s data more universally and easily accessible to scientists and the public. In 2009 this team collaborated with Google to launch Moon and Mars modes in Google Earth.

In his presentation Michael will give a guided, 3D tour of the universe, planetarium-style. Starting with a view of the night sky, prepare to pull back to explore the Moon, Mars, outer planets and beyond. Along the way, take time to appreciate the “habitable zone” of our solar system, ponder the existence of extrasolar planets, and attempt to grasp the vastness of space beyond our galaxy. Upon your return to Earth, you can compare the projection of the current night sky to the real sky above your head, and enjoy the augmentation of being able to zoom into distant objects as photographed by society’s most advanced telescopes to see them in all their distant glory.