This activity is weather-dependent. Please dress for cool to chilly weather.
Come to the second Friday of each month for free!
Enjoy a free public stargazing event at the Montgomery Hill Observatory from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. View the skies with images collected with our main observatory telescope, our enhanced vision (EV) telescope, which will be projecting images being collected on site in real time, and several telescopes set out for the public. Kids and grownups alike learn how to use telescopes and identify objects in the sky!
Parking: Free Parking after 6:00 PM in parking lot 9A
The Spring Triangle(s) - Take two
Due to the weather, we could not meet last month. This time we will give it another try! Let's see if we can spot the spring triangle. The spring triangle is made up of 3 bright stars forming a large structure in the sky. These stars are Arcturus, Spica, and Regulus. As a bonus, a smaller triangle can be made using the star Denebola instead of regulus. We will also have Jupiter very bright shining overhead.
Story Telling under the stars
Join us for stories in the stars with this month's storytelling focus on Native American constellation tales. Learn how these cultures developed such stories, reflecting on their surroundings and recordkeeping with the nighttime sky. Community member and traditional storyteller John Paul Amaral will be covering a couple of well-known stories such as the Mi'kmaq tale best known as the Algonquin Cinderella Story of Little Burnt Face (the Big Dipper and the Milky Way) from the northeast, and the Kiowa story of Bear Lodge and the Seven Sisters (Pleiades) that originates from the oldest story known to man. He will also tell more obscure ones like the Hoh and Quileute hunting tale of the Giant Elk (Cassiopeia) that started around 9,000 years ago in the Olympic Peninsula region of Washington state, and the Anishinaabe postapocalyptic tale of the Star Berry, a remnant of Hopewell Culture Event (c. 252-383 C.E.).
Many stories have been inspired by these celestial objects over centuries, and as we study the night sky, we continue to get inspired today. I hope you can join us so we can get inspired together as a community and investigate the beauty of the night sky
For questions, contact Carlos.MoranteMelendez@evc.edu