Event: Summer Stargazing Nights - SOLD OUT
Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events
When: Fri, Jul 26, 2024 6:30 pm - 11:00 pm
Welcome to the Frosty Drew Summer Stargazing Nights! Tonight we will open the Observatory, Science Center and Sky Theatre at 6:30 pm offering fabulous astronomy experiences. Read about it....- By: Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events
- On: Tue, 5 Dec 2023 13:28:58 EST
Celebration of Space - July 19, 2024
Reported by Scott MacNeill's Columns
This coming Sunday, July 21, 2024, at 6:20 am ET, the Moon will arrive on the opposite side of the Earth than the Sun. This last happened 29.5 days ago, and is known as the full Moon. During the full Moon, the Sun, Earth, and the Moon, are in alignment. Th...
- By: Scott MacNeill
- On: Fri, 19 Jul 2024 14:59:39 EDT
Celebration of Space - July 7, 2024
Reported by Scott MacNeill's Columns
Being that the new Moon occurs tonight, July 5, 2024 at 6:59 pm ET, we are in store for some of the best views of the Milky Way at Frosty Drew. Ninigret Park, which is home to the Frosty Drew campus, is the darkest spot in Southern New England, and one of ...
- By: Scott MacNeill
- On: Fri, 5 Jul 2024 13:55:08 EDT
Celebration of Space - June 21, 2024
Reported by Scott MacNeill's Columns
At 9:11 pm ET this evening, June 21, 2024, the Moon will orbit into a position where it becomes aligned with the Earth and Sun, on the opposite side of Earth than the Sun. This is the full lunar phase or full Moon. The June full Moon is of particular inter...
- By: Scott MacNeill
- On: Fri, 21 Jun 2024 14:16:09 EDT
Celebration of Space - June 14, 2024
Reported by Scott MacNeill's Columns
This coming Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 4:51 pm ET, the height of late sunsets and summertime bliss will occur when Earth arrives at the point in its orbit where the Northern Hemisphere is at maximum tilt, 23.4°, towards the Sun. This is the Summer Solstic...
- By: Scott MacNeill
- On: Fri, 14 Jun 2024 15:05:02 EDT
Celebration of Space - June 7, 2024
Reported by Scott MacNeill's Columns
Back in March, we wrote about the prospects of a naked eye visible nova in the constellation Corona Borealis (CrB) involving the very dim star T CrB. That was nearly three months ago, and half of the time given for the nova to likely occur. Well we still h...
- By: Scott MacNeill
- On: Fri, 7 Jun 2024 14:51:56 EDT
