August 2026
A docent will point out night sky highlights and upcoming astronomical events. This is followed by a fulldome video presentation entitled Cosmic Mashups.
We live in the Milky Way, a grand pinwheel of stars and gas. Our Galaxy, the Milky Way, is home to a half trillion stars, hundreds of…
A docent will point out night sky highlights and upcoming astronomical events. This is followed by a fulldome video presentation entitled Cosmic Mashups.
We live in the Milky Way, a grand pinwheel of stars and gas. Our Galaxy, the Milky Way, is home to a half trillion stars, hundreds of…
A docent will point out night sky highlights and upcoming astronomical events. This is followed by a fulldome video presentation.
One of the major leaps of modern astronomy is the discovery of extrasolar planets; worlds that orbit distant stars. A burning question that remains is the possibility of life on…
Star Parties
Jewett Observatory is our direct window on the heavens. In spring, summer, and fall, we hold public star parties, where any interested person can come to view the cosmos through the historic 12-inch Clark.
Most public evenings feature a crescent moon, star clusters, nebulae, double stars, and other…
A docent will point out night sky highlights and upcoming astronomical events. This is followed by a fulldome video presentation.
One of the major leaps of modern astronomy is the discovery of extrasolar planets; worlds that orbit distant stars. A burning question that remains is the possibility of life on…