NASA imagery presentation set in Lewes Nov. 19

The Overfalls Foundation will host a free presentation featuring NASA space imagery at 7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 19, at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Lewes.

Using the latest imagery from NASA’S Hubble Space Telescope and other missions, Jim O’Leary will facilitate an exploration of the sun, moon, stars and planets. Now retired, O’Leary served as chief astronomy specialist for the the Maryland Science Center, producing programs for the Davis Planetarium and films for the IMAX 3D Theater, many of which played in theaters worldwide. He also oversaw renovation of the science center’s rooftop observatory and its 1927-era telescope, and has offered dozens of science workshops for educators across the mid-Atlantic region.

Attendees will see the sun and its violent surface in extreme detail, follow the exploits of Mars rovers and see the latest amazing close-up images of Jupiter. Beyond the solar system, new evidence of other planetary systems opens up possibilities of countless other worlds, some perhaps like Earth. After having been quarantined here on planet Earth for the last year or more, viewers can enjoy the chance to see what else is in the universe.

For years, O’ Leary hosted the radio program “Skywatch” on Baltimore’s NPR station; he currently produces “Skywatch at the Beach” for Radio Rehoboth. He is a recipient of the Excellence in Outreach Award from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.