This program will address the scientific cause of this special event and how to experience it safely. We will also explore some of the myths surrounding the total Solar Eclipse as well as expose some of the misinformation commonly attributed to this phenomenon. Student observers will also share their knowledge about this upcoming celestial treat with interviews and posters.

Gib Brown is a retired WPTZ Meteorologist and high school science teacher, current adjunct professor and member of the Adirondack Sky Center & Observatory board of directors.

Thursday, July 6^th, 2023 at 7:00 pm via Zoom

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Join the Adirondack Sky Center & Observatory's Seth McGowan as he discusses the upcoming total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024. This program is for teens and adults.

Seth McGowan is the president of the Adirondack Sky Center & Observatory board of directors and the former Superintendent of Schools in Tupper Lake.

Wednesday, June 21^st, 2023 at 4:00 pm

Goff-Nelson Memorial Tupper Lake Public Library
Community Room (Entrance around the back)
41 Lake Street
Tupper Lake, NY, 12986

Dr. Aileen O'Donoghue will describe the stars and constellations of the skies from April to September, giving pointers on how to find them. Among and beyond the summer stars are nebulae, exoplanets and galaxies recently imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope and enriching our understanding of the cosmos. She’ll also describe the planets with Venus high in the evening sky through July, Mercury making two evening and one morning apparitions, Mars moving toward the evening horizon through the summer and fall, and Saturn and Jupiter making their ways back into the evening skies for fall.

Dr. Aileen O'Donoghue is the Henry Priest Professor of Physics at St. Lawrence University, and a member of the Adirondack Sky Center & Observatory board of directors.

Thursday, April 6^th, 2023 at 7:00 pm via Zoom

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The Earth frequently encounters celestial debris as we orbit the Sun. Our atmosphere provides protection from most of this space rubble. On January 26, an asteroid about the size of a large SUV passed within 2200 miles of the Earth, ten times closer than the orbit of a geosynchronous satellite. What if the asteroid had been much larger and heading straight for Earth? Is there anything we can do to protect ourselves? Scientists have been thinking about this problem for many years and have a potential solution: what if we can deflect the path of an object on a collision course with Earth? Last year, NASA’s DART mission showed that this was indeed a possibility. We’ll discuss the ways that we might be able to avoid the same fate as the dinosaurs.

Jeffrey Miller is an astronomer at St. Lawrence University, and has been teaching physics and astronomy there for over 30 years. He is also a member of the Adirondack Sky Center & Observatory's board of directors.

Thursday, March 2^nd, 2023 at 7:00 pm via Zoom

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James Webb Space Telescope has captured an amazing set of ring-like features around a pair of stars called WR 140. These rings are the result of complex interactions between winds in the binary (pair) of stars. Despite some headlines, astronomers were not baffled by these rings. Some of the basic measurements about the nature of the system and how the rings formed will be presented in this exciting but windy talk.

Dr. Josh Thomas is an Associate Professor of Physics and the Director of the Reynolds Observatory at Clarkson University, as well as a member of the Adirondack Sky Center board.

Thursday, May 4^th, 2023 at 7:00 pm via Zoom

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