Free Family Astronomy Field Day

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Saturday, August 25, 2018
3PM - Midnight

Pack your picnic basket, grab a blanket, and bring the whole family to New Jersey's premier site for public astronomy - the UACNJ observatories and lecture hall in Jenny Jump State Forest, Hope, NJ. There will be numerous events throughout the day followed by observing with our telescopes after dark.*

Scheduled Events

3 to 7PM	Solar Telescope Observing
	Kids' Activities
	Member Club and Guest Exhibitors
3:00PM	Welcome: Ernie Kabert, Jenny Jump State Forest Supervisor
3:15PM	Joint Presentation: CSI Moon 1178 A.D.: The Mystery of the Burning Moon with with Brother Longinus and Lonny Buinis
4:30PM	Lecture: The Earth From Space with Mark Shoengold, AAI
5:45PM	Picnic Break
6:00PM	Geology Walk
6:45PM	Lecture: New Discoveries in the Solar System with Michael Dean Lewis, NASA Ambassador
8:00PM	Lecture: A History of Solar System Exploration with Gary DeLeo, Lehigh Valley U.
9PM	Lidar demo, Gil Jeffer, NWJAA and NJIT
9PM to Midnight	Star Party

Confirmed Exhibitors and Participants:

• Amateur Astronomers Association of New York
• Amateur Astronomers, Inc.
• Galaxy Kids Activity Space
• Jupiter Joe's Sidewalk Astronomy
• Lehigh Valley Amateur Astronomical Society
• Magic 'n More
• NASA Ambassador Michael Dean Lewis
• New Jersey Astronomical Association
• New Jersey Institute of Technology
• North West Jersey Amateur Astronomers
• Pennsylvania Outdoor Lighting Council
• Teeter's Telescopes

For more information, please visit www.facebook.com/UACNJ, or write to info@uacnj.org.

*Weather Permitting. Alcohol is prohibited at our facilities and in Jenny Jump State Forest. Dogs are welcome but must be leashed at all times.