Posts Tagged ‘Dudley Observatory’
Skywatch 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…
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.…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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:…
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…
Read MoreDudley’s Female Computers
Dudley Observatory has spent most of its 160 years as a working science institution, and not a museum. That means that its employees weren’t always focused on saving the kind…
Read MoreUnprofessional Science
In a previous post, I mention the “professionalization of science,” a cultural shift in which Dudley had a part to play. It immediately raises the question, what exactly does “un-professional…
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