Looking at the sky with a telescope will occur at the Blake Planetarium after the Thursday evening public programs, IF it is dark and clear at 8 PM.

Other "local telescopic observing" options are:

Cape Cod Canal Visitors Center, Star Talk, Saturdays July and August, use telescope after talk if weather permits, near Sandwich Marina, Sandwich, MA.

South Shore Astronomical Society, at Centennial Field, across the street from the Council on Aging, 293 Pine St., Norwell, MA, 2 Saturdays a month (Aug 30, Sep 6 & 13) at sunset. Call 781-545-7067 or check http://www.ssastros.org

SKYSCRAPERS, Inc., Public Observing Saturdays at 8 PM, at Seagrave Observatory, Peeptoad Rd, North Scituate, RI. Check www.theskyscrapers.org

Bridgewater State College Observatory, Summer St (Carver Pond), 8:30-9:30 PM some Tuesdays (Sep 2), Call 508-531-DARK or check http://www.bridgew.edu/observatory/

Wheaton College Observatory, Science Building at Rtes 123 & 140 in Norton, MA, 7:30-8:30 PM Fridays (while classes are in session) starting Sep 12, 2003. Call 508-286-3979 (3937) or check
http://orion.whetaonma.edu/

 

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