Astronomy Festival on the National Mall
Saturday, June 22, 2019 ; 6 - 11 pm
Sponsored by Hofstra University
Location: In front of the Smithsonian Castle (1000 Jefferson DR SW).
Rain location: inside the Smithsonian Castle.
Celebrate the summer solstice with telescope observations of the Sun, Jupiter, Saturn, star clusters, and multi-colored double stars combined with 100 astronomers and astronomy educators from 21 organizations who will do hands-on activities and show the public the wonders of astronomy.
The Astronomy Festival on the National Mall is the largest annual astronomy outreach event in the US — help us break our record of 8,000 people!
This year the Astronomy Festival on the National Mall will be presented in association with the Smithsonian Solstice Saturday events. The National Air and Space Museum and the Smithsonian Museums will be open until midnight with free parties, programs, and performances.
For more info go to www.hofstra.edu/physics For Solstice Saturday events go to www.si.edu/solsticesaturday
2019 participants:
Colleges and Universities: American University, Georgetown University, George Mason University, George Washington University, Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory, Montgomery College, and Rice University/E-planetarium.
Science Organization: American Physical Society (tentative), Associated Universities, Inc., Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Carnegie Science/ Carnegie Academy for Science Education. Chandra X-ray Center/Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, International Dark Sky Association, NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center, National Air and Space Museum, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, National Science Foundation, Naval Research Laboratory, Science for Society & the Public, the Science Place, Society of Physics Students, the Space Telescope Science Institute, and the Washington Area Astronomy Meet-up.
Science Organization: American Physical Society (tentative), Associated Universities, Inc., Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Carnegie Science/ Carnegie Academy for Science Education. Chandra X-ray Center/Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, International Dark Sky Association, NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center, National Air and Space Museum, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, National Science Foundation, Naval Research Laboratory, Science for Society & the Public, the Science Place, Society of Physics Students, the Space Telescope Science Institute, and the Washington Area Astronomy Meet-up.
Astronomy clubs and organizations who will bring telescopes: Astronomical Association of Greenbelt, Goddard Astronomy Club, National Capital Astronomers, Northern Virginia Astronomy Club, and the Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers.
Updates at www.hofstra.edu/dcstars
Date: Saturday, June 22, 2019
Time: 6 p.m. - 11 p.m. Eastern
Location:
Smithsonian Castle
1000 Jefferson DR SW
Washington, DC 20560
