Sunday June 22nd is International Sun Day, and, weather permitting, the Gloucester Area Astronomy Club will be celebrating in downtown Gloucester, by the Fisherman statue, from 5:00 pm until 9:00. There will be safe solar observing glasses for the public, handouts and activities for the kids, and a number of different specially filtered solar telescopes, to take some good long looks at our nearest star.
How is our sun like a pot of boiling spaghetti? What is space weather and why should we care? We'll find out! We'll see giant solar prominences live, as they happen, and sunspots big enough to swallow the earth as they make their way around the sun's surface. When it starts to get dark we'll take a look at the planet Saturn, giant Jupiter and beautiful star clusters and nebulae.
Come join us on the Boulevard for International Sun Day Sunday as we explore the universe around us, both near and far!