Astronomy Day "One Giant Leap"

What was it like to walk on the Moon? Americans and the rest of the world got their answer to this question on July 20, 1969, now almost 50 years ago! To celebrate this first Moon landing, Amateur Astronomers, Inc. will present their annual Astronomy Day on Saturday, April 13, 2019. Families and friends are invited to come to the Trailside Nature and Science Center in Mountainside NJ from 1-4 pm and afterwards to the William Miller Sperry Observatory in Cranford from 7:30-10:30 pm. Activities will honor Apollo 11, the first Moon landing by US astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.

From 1-4pm, at the Trailside Nature and Science Center there will be space talks, solar viewing safely through telescopes, a solar system walk, and many space-themed hands-on activities for children and to help them understand the importance of this historic event.

From 7:30-10:30 pm at the William Miller Sperry Observatory on the campus of Union County College in Cranford, there will be a talk about Apollo 11 and the Moon followed by public viewing, weather permitting, through the 24” reflecting telescope and the 10” refracting telescope, the two largest public telescopes in the Northeast.

Admission and parking are free. This event will be presented rain or shine.

Amateur Astronomers, Inc. is a club of amateur astronomers, founded in 1949, to do research and to share our enthusiasm about Astronomy and space with the public. Sperry Observatory has been on the campus of Union County College as far back as 1967, two years before men walked on the Moon. For more information, please visit www.asterism.org or check out our Facebook page.