Category: Around Town

Rutherfurd Observatory: Repairing an Iconic Dome

In 2017, Columbia University’s Dr. Jana Grcevich, then Outreach Coordinator for Columbia’s Astronomy & Astrophysics Department invited me to examine the venerable but aging copper

What’s Up in the Sky

July’s Evening Planets:  Bright Venus will be up until 11 PM in Leo the Lion and setting earlier every night until 8 PM by the

Events on the Horizon – July 2023

Did you know that AAA has a podcast called AAA SKY, and you can listen to episodes for free? Visit https://www.aaasky.nyc/ or look up AAA

Become an Eclipse Ambassador!

Become a NASA Partner Eclipse Ambassador In October 2023 and April 2024, two solar eclipses will be cris-crossing the US. In an exciting new NASA partnership,

Sidewalk Astronomy in the Bronx

This photo depicts a drawing of celestial objects known to us as Saturn (left), a star, possibly Venus (middle), and a crescent moon (right).  The