88 seat, 30' dome New York, USA public high school planetarium with a Spitz A3P analog star projector.
West Islip, NY
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last chance until July!
It's #Manhattanhenge time once again! A full sun will align with Manhattan's street grid tonight at 8:12 p.m. ET.
Learn more here: amnh.org/research/hayden-pla…
Image copyright @neiltyson, 2001.
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Congratulations to the @WestIslipLions Unified Basketball Team on their big playoff win!!!! #UdallProud #WIHSProud
You might get a chance to take “the best sunset picture of the year” this week in New York. nyti.ms/2I3hmIf
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Scientists have obtained the first image of a black hole, using Event Horizon Telescope observations of the center of the galaxy M87. The image shows a bright ring formed as light bends in the intense gravity around a black hole that is 6.5 billion times more massive than the Sun
What better way to start a unit on our second planet than this?
This also conveys the idea that not all of #astronomy is hard science, there is room for the #arts. Science needs #artists #writers #illustrators #musicians
#venus #groovy #goddessoflove
youtu.be/8LhkyyCvUHk
CME incoming! Those in the upper latitudes may see the Northern Lights Saturday night! 🤞clear skies!
#solarflare #northernlights #Auroraborealis #CME
As our night sky transitions from winter to spring we say goodbye to the seven sisters/maidens AKA the Pleiades (which translates in #Japanese to #Subaru!) we say goodbye to the winter sky and hello to the spring #nightsky!
#backyardobserving @sidewalkastronomy
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Arabic astronomers had many contributions to modem astronomy...one of them was the beautiful art of #astrolabes !
#toolsofastronomy
Muslim scientist Mariam al-Asturlabi designed and made astrolabes in Syria in the 10th century. These devices were used to measure the altitudes of stars and to figure out latitude for navigating. buff.ly/2UJ2Day Arabian Nights starts 3/29 at 7pm buff.ly/2HKW2Zs
One of the most famous @NASAHubble images, "The Pillars of Creation" gives some perspective...one light year is (approximately) 6,000,000,000,000.00 miles.
#perspective #astronomy #scale
This is the real scale of the Pillars of Creation, the famous elephant trunks of interstellar gas and dust in the Eagle Nebula buff.ly/2txX0ja
Happy first day of spring!! Here's some #motivation for you!
#happydays
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Happy first day of 🌼Spring! The first day of #spring, also known as the #VernalEquinox, marks the moment the Sun☀️ crosses the celestial equator, which will happen at 4:58 p.m
#uwm #uwmplanetarium #milwaukee #firstdayofspring #space #weather #science #mke #FindYourSpace
I attended my local community college to take all my basic science courses before attending a university.
#nostigma
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Jerauld Gentry piloted the first powered X-24A flight on this day in 1970. Lifting bodies like the X-24A further validated Space Shuttle landing concepts.
just so we are clear we found out about this fireball AFTER it burned up in Earth's atmosphere...
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what a great idea!
#STEAMeducation
NSO and the @huinoeau Arts Center are pleased to present the winners of the "My Sun, My Star" 2018 Art Contest! Check them out at nso.edu/artcontest.
Photo: "Fiery Sun" by Vanshita Gosain (Grand Prize Winner) #mysunmystar2018
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Coming soon: Spacewalks! Tune in to the preview briefing at 2 pm ET TODAY, March 19, to learn what work will be done outside the airlock on March 22 and 29. Have a question? Submit using the hashtag #AskNASA! 👨🚀👩🚀 nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-…
To spotlight the artistic side of welding, John Akers and his Academy welding students at MTC created an incredible display of student-made sculptures that highlight their creativity and skill. #CTEstrong @ESBOCES
There's an original color footage of the historic Alexey Leonov's spacewalk, help #today in 1965, captured by a C-97 film camera (16 mm film) [full video: ow.ly/9Yid30o5pq3]
