Oct. 11: Sci-Tech Center Free Telescopic Observing Night

The Sci-Tech announces a free public astronomy observing session on Friday, October 11 at 8:30 p.m.

The observing night will be held at Watertown’s Thompson Park, on West Tower Drive across from the Monument.

The event will be with telescopes providing spectacular views of the moon and other interesting celestial features. One of those will be the planet Saturn with its rings. Sci-Tech staff will be on hand to help viewers observe the telescopic images, and guide viewers around the sky.

Observers should plan to dress warmly.

If viewers are lucky, we may also be able to observe a recurrent nova, last seen in 1946. There is an 80-percent chance of it being visible during our observing night.

In the event of overcast skies, the astronomy night will be canceled, and a message to that effect will be placed on the Sci-Tech astronomy telephone line at (315) 788-2738.

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