Thursday, April 2, 2020

Observatory Status - Update

I'm posting to let you know that due to the COVID-19 situation:

All in-person events at Montgomery College are suspended until further notice, including all upcoming observatory nights.

This breaks my heart, but it's what needs to happen. We'll get back to gathering together under the stars once it's safe to do so.

In the meantime, I am working to schedule live public online astronomy lectures to take the place of the observatory nights, with time for you to participate and ask questions. (Hopefully I'll have some answers!) If there are any astronomy topics you would like me to present, please let me know. You can fill out the "Contact Form" on the bottom of the page, or send me an email. Once I get the technology and topics sorted, I will post dates and details right here.

I also have an April/May 2020 Star Map for you here: MCAO April/May Starmap.

I create these maps using the wonderful http://www.heavens-above.com/ website and Stellarium software. (Stellarium is a free planetarium software program. If you'd like to know what's up in the sky, I highly recommend it.)