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The Vision of the Adirondack Sky Center & Observatory is to inspire curiosity and provide perspective on our Universe through wonder and enlightenment. The Adirondack Sky Center & Observatory mission is to:

-Provide Immersive Educational experiences;
-Create exciting Adventures in astronomy;.
-Strive to cultivate new perspectives;
-Discover means to understand, participate in, and belong to our Universe. We will accomplish our goals through the following actions:

-Enhance public awareness and advance the science of Astronomy.
-Integrate with area schools, colleges and universities.
-Encourage and support amateur astronomers of all generations young and old.
-Provide families, civic and community groups the opportunity to view the night sky with various telescopes.
-Add to the enjoyment and quality of life in the Adirondack Mountains.
-Contribute to scientific discovery.
-Collect historic astronomical related items.
-Invite the public to hear lectures and view seminars from experts in the field of Astronomy.

11/02/2026

Join us for our November Cygnus Series Lecture - Crowdsourcing Spectroscopy: We Need YOU To Do NASA Science At Home! Presented by Sadie Coffin, a PhD student at the Rochester Institute of Technology.

How do galaxies grow and change over time and how can we tell from just a few lines of light? The lines and features in galaxy spectra are records of the Universe’s history and are the closest thing we have to a time machine to look back at the early cosmos. In this talk, you’ll hear about how the Redshift Wrangler project trains volunteers from around the world to find and classify features in real galaxy spectra and why the resulting redshift measurements are a powerful tool for understanding galaxies and the evolving Universe.

Register Here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/GuGmqQPrRX-RxFqRlT1fdQ?fbclid=IwY2xjawVVp-dleHRuA2FlbQIxMABwZG9mAWJyaWQRMXJPQlE5U0U4dXl4NTJMcllzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEft4lCEShtyx7AGZzfSsSXs9QGN1Dkd0lG3HTs3yOnwxP_lqqP72rklTNvCtQ_aem_X_EEr72KvPtdoc9v9SVXPw #/registration

11/01/2026

🌌 Stargazing Alert! 🔭

When: Sunday (11/01/26) starting at 6:00 PM
Where: Roll Off Roof Observatory (178 Big Wolf Rd, Tupper Lake, NY 12986)

❄🍂 We encourage guests to dress warmly as the temperatures in the Adirondacks continue to drop.

We have limited seating, so please bring a chair if you have one!

✨ Free and open to the public ✨

No registration required

10/28/2026

We would like to thank ZWO for their ongoing support of the Adirondack Sky Center & Observatory, including generously donating a Seestar S30 Pro as our grand door prize!

A huge congratulations to Sue Witcomb on winning this incredible setup!

Partnerships of this caliber make our annual conference truly special. A sincere thank you to ZWO for helping make this year's event such a massive success! 🔭✨

ZWO Astrophotography

10/25/2026

On a clear autumn night in the Northern Hemisphere, Fomalhaut stands out to the naked eye in a region where there aren’t many other bright stars visible. This positioning has earned it the nickname of the "loneliest star," even though it's part of a multiple-star system and is the mouth of the Southern Fish constellation. Discover how you can spot it, and why astronomers are particularly drawn to it: https://on.natgeo.com/QgTHEu

10/25/2026

Its more contemporary “loneliest star” moniker comes from how it appears in the night sky as viewed from Earth. “Unlike many bright stars that are surrounded by other easily recognizable stars or constellations, Fomalhaut stands out in a region where there aren’t many other bright stars visible,” says Seth McGowan, president of the Adirondack Sky Center & Observatory in Tupper Lake, New York.

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Just 25 light-years from Earth, Fomalhaut is surrounded by vast belts of dust that could reveal the gravitational fingerprints of undiscovered worlds.

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68 Park Street
Tupper Lake, NY
12986

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