Astronomy Day – Fall 2024 (Cancelled)

Free the date…
The Fall Astronomy Day Event has been Cancelled

October 5, 2024

Unfortunately, due major technical difficulties at the venue, the Astronomy Day 2024 community outreach event must be cancelled. 

Details on future activities will be forthcoming, so be sure to check back on this page, or sign-up for the announcements email list.

What is Astronomy Day?

Astronomy Day was born in California in 1973. Doug Berger, then president of the Astronomical Association of Northern California, decided that rather than try to entice people to travel long distances to visit observatory open houses, they would set up telescopes closer to where the people were – busy locations – urban locations like street corners, shopping malls, parks, etc. Today, Astronomy Day events take place at hundreds of sites across the United States.  Internationally England, Canada, New Zealand, Finland, Sweden, the Philippines, Argentina, Malaysia, Iran, Ireland, New Guinea plus many other countries have hosted Astronomy Day activities.  Each location plans and executes events that work best for their local area.

Further reading: Astronomy Day Fact Sheet – Astronomical League (astroleague.org)