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The Vassar College Class of 1951 Observatory has open nights for the public on Wednesdays from 9-11 pm during the academic school year. Check for updates.

 Vassar College, NY
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Joined September 2016
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Thanks for your interest! The Observatory will be closed until March 20th. Please check back then.
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Open Night is cancelled due to cloudy skies
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Due to Overcast Conditions, Open Night is cancelled tonight.
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Unfortunately, due to the incoming clouds and COVID, we will not be having Open Night tonight.
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Unfortunately, due to overcast conditions Open Night is cancelled tonight.
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Due to Overcast Conditions tonight’s Open Night is cancelled.
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Please join us for Open Night tonight 9-11pm
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Please join us tonight from 9-11pm for Open Night!
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Due to Overcast Conditions Open Night is cancelled
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Please join us for Open Night tonight 9-11
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Please join us for Open Night tonight, 9-11.
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Due to Overcast Conditions open night is cancelled
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Please join us for Open Night, tonight at 9:00!
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Tonight’s Open Night is cancelled due to Overcast Conditions.
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Open Night is cancelled for tonight, we’ll try again in 2 days, Friday night at 9
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Increased activity
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@earthskyscience12 Sep 2023
Sun activity is on the up, with 4 M flares across 3 sunspots. This increase in intense flares came alongside an increase in magnetic complexity for 3 regions. AR3421 even formed a delta region, making it a candidate for large M and even X flares. earthsky.org/sun/sun-activit… 📸 SDO.
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FLATs are Fun
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@latestinspace12 Feb 2022
Cleansing your feed with this wonderful view of Earth from the international space station.
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Just getting the mirrors aligned.. The James Webb Space Telescope takes its first fuzzy pictures - npr.org/2022/02/11/108008502…

The first images from NASA's new space telescope show how it's coming into focus

The James Webb Space Telescope has seen its first starlight, but its 18 mirror segments aren't yet perfectly aligned. As a result, the pictures it's sending back now aren't exactly cosmic eye candy.

npr.org
Great find by Hubble. space.com/black-hole-star-fo…
Hubble telescope spots a black hole fostering baby stars in a dwarf galaxy

Hubble telescope spots a black hole fostering baby stars in a dwarf galaxy

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