October 25, 2024 Astronomy Observing Session

DATE COULD SHIFT BASED ON WEATHER– Saturn is the star tonight, although its rings might surprise you. Owing to their tilt in space and Saturn’s movement around its orbit, our view of the rings from Earth is becoming more and more ‘edge-on’, which is to say we can’t see them well, like if someone held up a playing card and you walked to the side to only see the edge. Elsewhere, Andromeda and Pegasus are high up in the sky, and we can enjoy the Great Andromeda Galaxy, the Milky Way’s closest galactic neighbor. If the weather goes against us, we will move the event to the closest clear night and notify you.

We have several different telescopes that are on display including a 14″ Schmidt-Cassegrain housed in a permanent observatory. Inside the observatory, you can watch deep sky objects grow in detail and full color on a wall-mounted monitor. Public sessions are co-facilitated by one or more of our growing cadre of astronomy cohorts: Mark Borton, Roger Charbonneau Jr, Jon Dean, Jay Drew, Scott Mallory, John Natale, Lee Polikoff, Parag Sahasrabudhe, Mark Strollo and Alan Sheiness.

Upon registration you will receive a link to directions and observing session guidelines. For questions or comments, please contact us at astronomy@lymelandtrust.org. Young or old, experienced or totally unfamiliar, we look forward to exposing you to our uniquely dark skies here in Lyme.

And if you have a telescope, we encourage you to bring it out. The more, the merrier. Just follow the guidelines in the pdf you receive when you RSVP.

Clear skies!

The Lyme Land Trust Astronomy Group aspires to inspire and pursue the advancement of knowledge of astronomy through public outreach programs including but not limited to observation events, education programs, and presentations about varied astronomical topics by our members and guest speakers.

If you like these programs and you are not currently a Lyme Land Trust Member, please consider joining us using the green Become A Member link at the top of the LLT page.