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SUMMARY:What's up: A Down to Earth Sky Guide - in person in Sperry Observatory
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SUMMARY:Why Night Creatures Make Good Astronomers - in person in Sperry Observatory
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SUMMARY:Three Comets\, No Waiting - The Busy Autumn Sky of 2025 - in person in Sperry Observatory
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SUMMARY:What's Up: A Down to Earth Sky Guide - in person in Sperry Observatory
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SUMMARY:Telescope Night - in person in Sperry Observatory
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SUMMARY:A Trillion Pixels A Night: The Latest Results From the Vera Rubin Observatory - in person in the Roy Smith Theatre
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SUMMARY:The Future That Almost Was - in person in Sperry Observatory
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SUMMARY:What's Up: A Down to Earth Sky Guide - in person in Sperry Observatory
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SUMMARY:Water Worlds: Charting the Oceans of Alien Planets - in person in Sperry Observatory
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SUMMARY:Astrogeology in the Age of Sample Returns - in person in Sperry Observatory
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SUMMARY:Webb vs. the Big Bang - in person in Sperry Observatory
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URL:https://asterism.org/event/tba-in-person-in-sperry-observatory-19/
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SUMMARY:Special Relativity: The Physics of Space and Time - in person in Sperry Observatory
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SUMMARY:What's Up: A Down to Earth Sky Guide - in person in Sperry Observatory
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SUMMARY:A Map of the Milky Way - in person in Sperry Observatory
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SUMMARY:Training Apollo Moon Walkers: Field Geologists for Explaining the Moon - in person in Sperry Observatory
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URL:https://asterism.org/event/training-apollo-moon-walkers-field-geologists-for-explaining-the-moon-in-person-in-sperry-observatory/
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SUMMARY:What's Up: A Down to Earth Sky Guide - in person in Sperry Observatory
DESCRIPTION:by Kathy Vaccari
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SUMMARY:News from the JWST - in person in Sperry Observatory
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SUMMARY:Fun Facts on the Summer Solstice - in person in Sperry Observatory
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SUMMARY:Chesapeake Invader - In person in Sperry Observatory
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SUMMARY:What's Up: A Down to Earth Sky Guide - in person in Sperry Observatory
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SUMMARY:Stepping Into the Dark Side: Image Processing Basics - In person in Sperry Observatory
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SUMMARY:Reaching to Some Great  World: The Exploration of 4Vesta - in person in Sperry Observatory
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URL:https://asterism.org/event/the-little-ice-age-in-person-in-sperry-observatory/
CATEGORIES:Public Talk
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SUMMARY:Astronomy Day
DESCRIPTION:Solar Max: Unlocking the Secrets of the Sun\n\n\n\nDay and Evening Activities \n\n\n\nTrailside Nature and Science Center 12:00 – 4:00 pm \n\n\n\nChildren’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  \n\n\n\nWilliam Miller Sperry Observatory 7:30 – 10:30 pm \n\n\n\nObserving on two of the largest public telescopes in the Northeast and 8 pm presentation by AAI member Alan Witzgall on “Our Star\, the Sun \n\n\n\nAstroflyerrealB&W2025Download
URL:https://asterism.org/event/astronomy-day-4/
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