Posts Tagged ‘Dudley Observatory’
Skywatch Line for Wednesday and Thursday, August 2 and 3, 2023
This is Dudley Observatory’s Skywatch Line for Wednesday and Thursday,August 2 and 3, written by Alan French. The Sun rises at 5:48 A.M. on Wednesday and sets at 8:15 P.M. OnThursday it rises at 5:49 and sets at 8:14. This Thursday has slightlyover 15 minutes less daylight than last Thursday. The Moon was full on…
Read MoreSkywatch Line for Friday, July 28, through Sunday, July 30, 2023
This is Dudley Observatory’s Skywatch Line for Friday, July 28, through Sunday, July 30, written by Sam Salem. On Friday, Sun rises at 5:42am and sets at 8:21pm; Moon sets at 12:57am and rises at 4:55pm. On Friday, the Moon shines just a few degrees left of Antares, the brightest in the zodiacal constellation of…
Read MoreSkywatch Line for Monday and Tuesday, July 24th and 25th, 2023
This is Dudley Observatory’s Skywatch Line for Monday and Tuesday, July 24th and 25th written by Joe Slomka. The Sun sets at 8:25 PM; night falls at 10:27. Dawn breaks at 3:38 AM and ends with the Sun rising at 5:40. Monday’s Moon rises in southwestern Libra at 12:14 PM, is 25° high at 9…
Read MoreSkywatch Line for Wednesday and Thursday,July 19 and 20, 2023
This is Dudley Observatory’s Skywatch Line for Wednesday and Thursday,July 19 and 20, written by Alan French. The Sun rises at 5:34 A.M. on Wednesday and sets at 8:29 P.M. OnThursday it rises at 5:35 and sets at 8:28. This Thursday has 11 minutesless daylight than last Thursday. The Moon was new Monday afternoon and…
Read MoreSkywatch Line for Wednesday and Thursday, July 12 and 13, 2023
This is Dudley Observatory’s Skywatch Line for Wednesday and Thursday,July 12 and 13, written by Alan French. The Sun rises at 5:28 A.M. on Wednesday and sets at 8:34 P.M. OnThursday it rises at 5:29 and sets at 8:33. This Thursday has just under8 ½ minutes less daylight than last Thursday. The Moon was at…
Read MoreSkywatch Line for Monday and Tuesday July 10th, and 11th, 2023
This is the Dudley Observatory’s Skywatch Line for Monday and Tuesday July 10th, and 11th, written by Joe Slomka. The Sun sets at 8:35 PM; night falls at 10:46. Dawn begins at 3:16 AM and ends with the Sun rising at 5:27. Sunday was the Last Quarter Moon, which resides in Aries and provides a…
Read MoreSkywatch Line for Friday, June 30, through Sunday, July 2, 2023
This is Dudley Observatory’s Skywatch Line for Friday, June 30, through Sunday, July 2, written by Sam Salem. On Friday, Sun rises at 5:20am and sets at 8:38pm; Moon sets at 2:28am and rises at 6:03pm. The Moon shines among the stars of upper Scorpius on Friday. The brightest of these stars is orange Antares.…
Read MoreCounting Questions: Dudley Observatory FAQ
To start off, I thought I would use this space to answer some of the most common questions that I receive on the exhibit floor: Where is the Observatory? Funny story about that. We’re actually an observatory without an observatory. During the sixties and the space race, Dudley Observatory shifted away from astronomical observation and…
Read MoreFrom the Collection: the Pruyn Brashear Equatorial Telescope
With the recent announcement that Dudley will be building an observatory, it seems like a good time to introduce the piece that will be at the heart of that observatory: the Pruyn Brashear Equitorial. After all, an observatory isn’t much use without a telescope. The Pruyn is a refracting telescope, which means it is exactly…
Read MoreOne, Two, Three ..
… gosh, there are a lot of them, aren’t there? Welcome to Counting Stars, a repository for writings on the history of and around the Dudley Observatory. Those of you joining us from Facebook or All Over Albany may be unfamiliar with the Dudley Observatory. Here’s a nutshell version: Dudley is an observatory founded in the 1850s here in…
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