Telescope Night page

SPRING 2012 PUBLIC TELESCOPE NIGHTS

Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ

Children are invited too!

WHEN : 8 - 9 PM, Clear Thursdays:
January 19 to May 3, except March 15 (Spring Break)
7:30 for small kids to see the Moon on February 2, March 1, March 8, March 29, April 5, and May 3.
WHERE: In front of Richardson Hall, a science and mathematics building, just east of the Student Center.
TO SEE : Constellations, the Moon, planets, star clusters,double stars, nebulae, galaxies, and more.
The Moon will be featured on February 2, March 1, March 8, March 29, April 5, and May 3.
See Jupiter in January and February.
See Orion and the Pleiades in January to March.
See Saturn in April.

Our telescopes cannot see through clouds! Public Telescope Night will be cancelled if the weather is cloudy, very cold, or very windy. (It is considered clear if you can see the moon or ten stars clearly.)
www.montclair.edu , then "MSU A-Z" scroll down to "S for Stargazing."

by Jan Krakora

Dr. Mary Lou West
Mathematical Sciences/Physics Dept., MSU
973 - 655 - 7266
westm@mail.montclair.edu

Another Opportunity for Stargazing: Friday, March 16, view the wonders of the spring sky at Riker Hill Art Park in Livingston, 8-10 PM with the Newark Museum's Dreyfuss Planetarium staff.

Directions to Riker Hill Art Park: Garden State Parkway exit 145 or NJ Turnpike exit 15W, Route 280 west, exit 4 to Eisenhower Parkway south, go through the traffic light, go across the railroad tracks and up the hill, turn left onto Beaufort Ave., bear right to continue on Beaufort Ave., turn left at the sign for "Riker Hill Art Park." At the stop sign go straight. Bear right at the fork, then park at the top of the hill.

North Jersey Astronomical Group http://www.njastro.org or http://www.csam.montclair.edu/~west/njag.html

On February 1, 2007 kindergarten children from Ms. Cahill's class at Bradford School in Montclair enjoyed a cold telescope night.
On October 2, 2003 and on October 19, 2000 the fifth graders from Hardyston School came to Public Telescope Night and had a wonderful experience.