Current Events

Public Observing 2009

Every Saturday 8-10pm February 7th  - November 20

LCROSS Impact observation

 There will be an event on Friday October 9th, starting at 6:30am , with an attempt to observe the lunar impact at 7:30am.  There is a special page on the event here.

 

Past Events

Relay for Life

4/26/09 - The RAS hosted astronomy on the 86' Field as an event during the Relay for Life.

Children's Night

Saturday 4/28/09 7:30-10pm Children and their parents are welcome to come to this special event. We will have several educational activities and observing on the roof and in the dome. Result: it was cloudy, but we had at least 20 visitors. We ate astronaut ice cream, did an optics demonstration and showed people around.

Open Observatory Week

3/22/09-2/28/09 8-10pm - The observatory will be open every clear night for viewing, in celebration of the International Year of Astronomy.

Other Regional Star Parties

Albany Amateur Astronomers

The Albany Amateur Astronomers have meetings at the Schenectady Museum and Planetarium. They also have star parties at the Landis Arboretum. An up to date schedule and more information can be found here.

If you would like to see your star party listed here, email astro (at) union.rpi.edu