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.