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…

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Skywatch 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…

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Skywatch 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…

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Counting 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…

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From 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…

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One, 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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