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		| Paper: | 
		There and Back Again in the Classroom and in Outreach: Astronomy and The Hobbit | 
	 
	
		| Volume: | 
		473, Communicating Science | 
	 
	
		| Page: | 
		263 | 
	 
	
		| Authors: | 
		Larsen, K. | 
	 
	
	
		| Abstract: | 
		The upcoming three-film treatment of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic book The Hobbit affords astronomy educators a unique opportunity to interest the general public in trying to observe the newborn crescent moon. | 
	 
	
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