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Visitors sit outside with their own binoculars and camping chairs and explore the night sky with a Ferguson volunteer pointing out highlights. Those include Bring Your Own Binoculars and Chair. However, in compliance with COVID-19 restrictions, the observatoryвЂ™s staff also developed new events and combined existing outdoor events that visitors could still enjoy. Though the observatory in Sugarloaf Ridge State Park paused events in spring 2020 due to the pandemic shutdown, they resumed in June 2020 with a handful of changes such as limiting capacity, canceling the observatoryвЂ™s indoor classes and lectures and putting in-person viewing at their 15 telescopes on hold. In that moment, away from the noise of the outside world, I could reflect, ponder and realize that there was more out there - much more beyond what I could ever imagine. It was something I hadnвЂ™t seen before and only heard about in movies and read about in books. I dragged a small white stepping stool up to the big telescope, stepped up and placed my right eye onto its eyepiece. A ballad of chirping crickets was the only thing to remind me of the world outside this small room I stood in with 10 others, in the dark. Inside the West Wing dome, I looked up at the sky through the wide-open roof, seeing bright pinpoints of stars illuminating the black expanse. вЂњWhen you look through a telescope, it puts a whole different perspective on how fragile and unique our planet is in the universe.вЂќ вЂњThereвЂ™s sheer beauty in the stuff we can only see with a telescopeвЂќ said Kensiski, board of directors at Robert Ferguson Observatory. Only through a telescope can you examine the star thatвЂ™s reached the end of its life after billions of years, its outer atmosphere now in the shape of a ring.ДЄnd, like astronomy, this nebula is pretty special to him. The ring nebula, which looks like a little white smoke ring in the sky, is one you canвЂ™t see with your naked eye. On a recent weekday night inside a dark, open-roofed dome at Robert Ferguson Observatory, longtime volunteer David Kensiski turned a 40-inch-diameter telescope toward the first planetary nebula he discovered when he was 15 years old. For more information, visit bit.ly/3APwdjP Guests must be vaccinated or show proof of a negative COVID-19 test. Starts at 7:30 p.m.Д®vents may be modified on a case-by-case basis to comply with pandemic restrictions. Tickets: $10 per adult, $5 for seniors, students and youth 12 to 17. In honor of International Observe the Moon night, the observatory is hosting a special star party with a focus on the moon. 16: Public Star Party / International Observe the Moon night. 15: In-person lecture with Alex Filippenko for вЂњA New Surprise in the Accelerating Universe.вЂќ Listen to an astrophysicist talk about the mysterious, repulsive вЂњdark energyвЂќ that is dominating the Universe and stretching space itself. Tickets: $10 per adult, $5 for seniors, students and youth, 12 to 17. Learn about the science and mythology behind constellations through laser guided tours. Tickets: $25 per session or $80 for the entire series.

Telescopes for sale series#

A six-class series which explores the solar system, the Milky Way and constellations.