Dudley Observations

Volume 8, No 3 - May 2009

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Clear Skies,

Janie Schwab
Executive Director

Awards Ceremony, June 9

Awards Ceremony for Rising Star Interns 2009
June 9, 2009
8 - 10 pm
Pine Bush Discovery Center

All are cordially invited to greet our award winners at a ceremony and reception, with stargazing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The 2009 Rising Star Internship student winners are
Christoper Lawrence of Tamarac Middle School
Elizabeth Volks of Notre Dame Bishop Gibbons
Benjamin Palmer, homeschool
Hannah Smalley, homeschool
Jason and Kevin Tessolecki, homeschool

In addition, the following  teachers were accepted into the Rising Star Internship program; 
Shirley Buel of Neil Hellman School
Charlotte Naples of Saratoga Springs High School
Stephanie Copeland of Lisha Kill Middle School
Sarah Fisk of the Children's Museum of Science &Technology
Bobbi-Jo Morrison of Notre Dame Bishop Gibbons
Anita Stabrowski of Broadalbin-Perth Middle School
 

Brennen James O'Donnell, a sophomore at Hoosick Falls High School, is the recipient of the 2009 Albert Hessberg II Astronomy Campership Award, and will attend Advanced Astronomy Camp at the University of Arizona.

This program is supported by generous grants from The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region's Bender Scientific Fund, and Ronald McDonald House Charities.

 

Events

How to Use Your Telescope -
Call for next date

Do you own a telescope?
Do you know how to use it?
Would you like some help?

COST $20.00 per telescope
free to members of Dudley Observatory
Call Dudley Observatory at 382-7583 to reserve your spot.
Please tell us the make & model of your telescope.

WORKSHOP INCLUDES
All the essentials to get you started using your telescope to observe
the wonders of the universe: Learn to balance and collimate your
telescope, align and use the finder scope, use star maps, and more...
 
Pine Bush Discovery Center
195 New Karner Rd.
Albany, NY 12205

SPAC in SPACE - August 14

Friday, August 14, 2009
8pm

Once again, Dudley Observatory and Saratoga Performing Arts Center will be teaming up to bring the Capital Region an out of this world multi sensory experience on the evening of August 14th.  There will be world class music by the Philadelphia Orchestra as well as telescopes on the lawn for all to view the night sky.  

Saratoga Performing Arts Center
108 Avenue of the Pines
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866

 

 

Reflections: Stories of Astronomy, Earth and Space

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oral History Project

Bill Radigan and P. Thomas Carroll will be interviewed for the Reflections oral history project, this year. Check out the past interviews:

Roy E. Anderson
Lucy Comly
John Delano
Douglas Hallgren
Harvey Patashnick
Elizabeth Sonneborn
Sam Wait

Digital Archives

Collections Win Award

New York Heritage Digital Collections, which includes the Dudley Observatory digital archives, has won a "Best of Reference" award. 

Each year a committee of librarians from The New York Public Library, Brooklyn Public Library, and Queens Library select 25 reference books and websites to be designated "Best of Reference" based on their usefulness in reference work. This year, New York Heritage Digital Collections is among those resources.

 

Astronomy Day

Albany Astronomy Day
Saturday, May 2, 2009

Astronomy Day was such a huge success that it lasted all weekend!
 
A reception on Friday evening celebrated the opening of an exhibit at the Albany Heritage Visitors Center. It commemorates the groundbreaking for the Henry Hudson Planetarium during the 350th anniversary of Henry Hudson's arrival, and the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Dudley Observatory's southern observatory in San Luis, Argentina. The exhibit continues through June.

On Saturday, the festivities continued with safe solar observing and planetarium shows.  Star parties during the evening allowed people to see telescope views of Mercury, the moon, and other celestial wonders.

The weekend ended with a "How to use your Telescope" program.

Thanks to all who shared their expertise and services:
Albany Area Amateur Astronomers
Albany Heritage Visitors Center and Henry Hudson Planetarium
Dudley Observatory and Rising Star Interns
Hirsch Observatory at RPI
Schenectady Museum & Suits-Bueche Planetarium
Union College Observatory

The weather WILL be getting nicer, so look up while you're strolling under the stars on balmy spring evenings!

Clear Skies,

Janie Schwab
Dudley Observatory