Three Giant Telescopes: ELT, GMT, TMT - in person in Sperry Observatory
2025-04-11 20:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York)
by Dr. Bill Griffeth

Holidays in Space - in person in Sperry Observatory
2025-04-18 20:30 - 21:30
by Bonnie Witzgall

Tracking Sediment on Earth and Mars - in Person in the Roy Smith Theatre
2025-04-25 20:00 - 21:00
by Dr. Michael Thorpe, from Goddard Space Flight Center

What's Up: A Down to Earth Sky Guide - in person in Sperry Observatory
2025-05-02 20:30 - 21:30, 2025-06-06 20:30 - 21:30, 2025-07-11 20:30 - 21:30, 2025-08-01 20:30 - 21:30, 2025-09-05 20:30 - 21:30, 2025-10-03 20:30 - 21:30
by Kathy Vaccari

The Comet That Controlled Cranford - In person in Sperry Observatory
2025-05-09 20:30 - 21:30

Members' Presentations - in Person in the Roy Smith Theatre
2025-05-16 20:00 - 21:00
by members of AAI

Astronomy Day
2025-05-17 12:00 - 22:30
Solar Max: Unlocking the Secrets of the Sun

Day and Evening Activities

Trailside Nature and Science Center 12:00 – 4:00 pm

Children’s Activities, Scavenger Hunt, Make Your Own Sundial, “Raider Robotics,” Fun Science Demos on Light, Gravity, Cosmic Rays, Geology and Meteorites,, “Fantastic Photons,” Solar Observing, Solar System Walk, and Presentations on Auroras, Photosynthesis and our amazing Sun

William Miller Sperry Observatory 7:30 – 10:30 pm

Observing on two of the largest public telescopes in the Northeast and 8 pm presentation by AAI member Alan Witzgall on “Our Star, the Sun

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Reaching to Some Great World: The Exploration of 4Vesta - in person in Sperry Observatory
2025-05-23 20:30 - 21:30
by Al Witzgall

Stepping Into the Dark Side: Image Processing Basics - In person in Sperry Observatory
2025-05-30 20:30 - 21:30
by Donna Harris

Chesapeake Invader - In person in Sperry Observatory
2025-06-13 20:30 - 21:30

Fun Facts on the Summer Solstice - in person in Sperry Observatory
2025-06-20 20:30 - 21:30

News from the JWST - in person in Sperry Observatory
2025-06-27 20:30 - 21:30
by Dr. John Sichel

Training Apollo Moon Walkers: Field Geologists for Explaining the Moon - in person in Sperry Observatory
2025-07-18 20:30 - 21:30

A Map of the Milky Way - in person in Sperry Observatory
2025-07-25 20:30 - 21:30

Special Relativity: The Physics of Space and Time - in person in Sperry Observatory
2025-08-08 20:30 - 21:30
by Spencer Martin

Webb vs. the Big Bang - in person in Sperry Observatory
2025-08-15 20:30 - 21:30

Astrogeology in the Age of Sample Returns - in person in Sperry Observatory
2025-08-22 20:30 - 21:30

Water Worlds: Charting the Oceans of Alien Planets - in person in Sperry Observatory
2025-08-29 20:30 - 21:30
by Aria Chahal

The Future That Almost Was - in person in Sperry Observatory
2025-09-12 20:30 - 21:30
by Tony Sharfman

A Trillion Pixels A Night: The Latest Results From the Vera Rubin Observatory - in person in the Roy Smith Theatre
2025-09-19 20:00 - 22:00
by Dr. Charles Liu – the College of Staten Island

Telescope Night - in person in Sperry Observatory
2025-09-26 20:30 - 21:30

Three Comets, No Waiting - The Busy Autumn Sky of 2025 - in person in Sperry Observatory
2025-10-10 20:30 - 21:30

The Dragonfly Mission - in person in the Roy Smith Theatre
2025-10-17 20:00 - 22:00
by Dr. Joey Pasterski – NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

The Legacy Survey of Space and Time - in person in Sperry Observatory
2025-10-24 20:30 - 21:30

Why Night Creatures Make Good Astronomers - in person in Sperry Observatory
2025-10-31 20:30 - 21:30
By Bonnie Witzgall & Melinda Callis
