German Space Music this Weekend at The Franklin

[ October 4, 2008; 10:15 am; 2:00 pm; October 5, 2008; 11:00 am; 2:00 pm; ] When I posted about the two-day World Space Week events at the Franklin Institute (map) , I didn’t bother to click a little button, which I thought was decoration.

A Twitter post from The Franklin, suggested something much more was behind that little button.

That pretty little button takes you to Sonne, Sterne, Mond [...]

World Space Week(end) at the Franklin, 10/4-5

[ October 4, 2008 to October 5, 2008. ] Aren’t they clever? The Franklin (map) has managed to create a more efficient World Space Week utilizing just the weekend.

From their site:

Saturday & Sunday, October 4 and 5

Special presentation with Chief Astronomer Derrick Pitts in the newly renovated Joel N. Bloom Observatory at 12pm and 3pm!

* Make your own Alka-Seltzer [...]

Buying the right telescope, The Franklin, 9/11

[ September 11, 2008; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Can’t tell Venus from a distant Southwest A320?
Looking through a cardboard tube cramping your style?

Then maybe you’ll want one of them new-fangled “telescope” thingies in your Christmas stocking.

In September, The Franklin’s Joel N. Bloom Observatory will host a special telescope buyer’s guide version of their monthly “Night Skies in the Observatory” event. The event [...]

Take a look at the ISS from the cheap seats, Franklin Institute 6/12

[ June 12, 2008; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] As much as I’d like to say otherwise, chances are you and I aren’t going to visit the International Space Station. My internal pessimist says that I’ll never have the dough to make the voyage, we’re no Sergey Brin, no matter how much we Google. My internal optimist says that by the time I get [...]

Space-bound package deal at the Franklin Institute

I might have to find a babysitter on November 8.
The Franklin Institute’s Bloom Observatory has two more events in store before the end of the year, Nov. 8 and Dec. 13.
Next week’s event, however, might be the better deal of the two nights. According to their press release:
Located on the roof of The Franklin [...]

Dark Side of the Moon: Penn Science Cafe at new location 10/23

The Penn Science Café Presents:
The Dark Side of the Moon Mission, With Dr. Ravi Sheth of the University of
Pennsylvania
WHERE: Bubble House, 3404 Sansom Street, Philadelphia
WHO: Dr. Ravi Sheth, associate professor in the Department of Physics
and Astronomy, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania
WHAT: The Penn Science Café lecture series, free and [...]

The Doldrums…

The first real heat wave has taken hold of Philadelphia, but does that mean it is too hot for science. YES! Of course not!
Sure, not much will be going on this month in terms of interesting exhibits and lectures, I’m afraid. So, I’m probably not going to update much until September. A fresh start. [...]