Hamilton College has announced ticket information for astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson's appearance at the college.

Tyson, the Director of the Hayden Planetarium, will be speaking at Hamilton on April 12th at 7:00 in the Margaret Bundy Scott Field House as part of the college's Great Names Series.

A limited number of free tickets for the general public will be distributed March 7th through the 11th at the Wellin Hall box office.  There is a limit of two tickets per person.

Schools and organizations with 20 to 50 members must enter the large group lottery at www.hamilton.edu/greatnames.com. The lottery will take place from February 8th to the 26th and large group winners will be notified by March 4th.

Information about parking and shuttles will be available when tickets are distributed.

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