<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-08-21/westmont-news/viewing-feature-milky-ways-globular-clusters.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>07/16/2010</pubDate><title>Viewing to Feature Milky Way’s Globular Clusters</title><excerpt>Saturn and the Milky Way will be the star attractions at Westmont’s observatory during a free, public viewing Friday, July 16. The Keck Telescope, one of the most powerful, public telescopes along the Central Coast, may also catch a glimpse of globular clusters in Hercules, globular clusters in Scorpius, Ophiuchus and Sagittarius. Westmont physics instructor Thomas Whittemore, who earned his doctorate at the University of Arizona, says visitors may also be able to see a number of open clusters in Cygnus and Vulpecula.</excerpt><author>Westmont</author><image>
            
            <img src="/_migrated-binaries/sites/default/files/blogs-legacy/2010/06/Andromeda-Galaxy.jpg" alt="The Andromeda Galaxy by the Keck Telescope - H. Michael Sommermann"/>
        </image><caption>The Andromeda Galaxy by the Keck Telescope - H. Michael Sommermann</caption><description>1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...</description></item>