AstroFest To Convey Stargazing & Planetarium Displays To Campus July 13

If you happen to’re yearning an evening clear of the hustle and bustle of downtown State School, the celebrities are aligning for you.

Penn State’s Division of Astronomy and Astrophysics will host AstroFest, a four-night competition of astronomy actions and stargazing, from Wednesday, July 13, via Saturday, July 16. Occasions are unfastened to the general public and can happen from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. each and every evening on the Davey Laboratory.

Along with featured displays and planetarium displays, guests too can use the rooftop observatory telescopes to get an up-close have a look at planets, celebrity clusters, and the entire moon. More youthful guests can select up an AstroFest passport within the foyer that may be stamped at other demonstrations and grew to become in for particular prizes.

“After two years of purely on-line outreach occasions, it’s so thrilling to carry systems like AstroFest again to campus,” Tim Gleason, director of the Eberly School of Science’s Administrative center of Science Outreach, mentioned. “There’s not anything relatively like seeing the planets or experiencing the planetarium with your personal eyes.”

Despite the fact that guests are inspired to wait the development in individual, some digital actions and reside announces shall be to be had on-line for many who can’t make it to campus.