Talk topic: Jupiter!  Pete will give an updated talk on Jupiter.  Last July, the Juno spacecraft arrived in the Jupiter system and has been gathering exciting new data on the King of the planets.  Talk starts in the AB Ceder room.  After the talk there will be stargazing (Jupiter-gazing, too) if the weather permits.  Free; […]

Talk topic: to be announced. Talk starts in the AB Ceder room. After the talk there will be stargazing if the weather permits. Free; open to the public. Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. Dress warmly, as even in the summer it may be chilly.

Talk topic:  “Saturn – the real Lord of the Rings” The Cassini spacecraft, which has been orbiting Saturn since 2004, has made many amazing discoveries about the planet and its rings.  To prevent accidental contamination of one of the moons or another object by Earth microorganisms the spacecraft will be destroyed by burning up in […]

The “Great American Eclipse”, as the press has labeled it, will be on Monday, August 21st.  Although Connecticut is well out of the path where the Sun will be totally eclipsed by the Moon, the Litchfield Hills Amateur Astronomy Club and White Memorial Conservation Center are hosting a special daytime program to observe the eclipse.  […]

Talk topic:  Eclipse wrap-up.  There won’t be a talk – more of a discussion about the eclipse.  Bring photos if you have any and share your experience of the eclipse.  Talk starts in the AB Ceder room. After the talk there will be stargazing if the weather permits.  Free; open to the public.  Children under […]

Talk topic: No talk this month, stargazing only, weather permitting.  (If the weather does not permit, the event is cancelled.)  Free; open to the public. Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. Dress warmly, as even in the summer it may be chilly.