We are excited to announce we have a guest speaker from MIT that is going to join us at Anna Maria to give us a lecture on Exoplanets.You don’t have to be a member to join us as the public is welcome to join us for this lecture.The details below will give you more information …

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Aldrich member Kim Lemerise was able to grab some great pictures from our successful star party sponsored by the Beaman Memorial Library at the West Boylston Senior Center on Friday 10/28. We had 40 patrons turn out including more than a few interested kids that received spacy stickers for there interest. Jessica Wright, the librarian said …

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Well the weather mostly cooperated last night (10/22) as the skies never clouded over but occasionally had a then cloud layer. We had approximately 30 members and Worcester State students in attendance last night looking through a whole host of club and member telescopes spread all over the field. Aldrich is working on an affiliation …

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Aldrich President Jim Zebrowski delivered a talk about the James Webb Telescope to an enthusiastic assembly of Students and Parents on Monday Oct/17. Pictures from the event are below.

Aldrich Members Jim Zebrowski, Dino Tata, and Nabin Malakar manned a table at the annual Girl Scouts Geek is Glam event held this year at WPI in Worcester. Geek is Glam is one of the largest STEM events for girls in New England and has many interactive displays and workshops designed to engage the attendees …

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Aldrich President Jim Zebrowski led an Astronomy program at the Stevens Memorial Library in Ashburnham on 10/12 supported by a grant from the Ashburnham Cultural Council. He began with a short talk about Ocean Worlds of the Solar System in front of the library. It was a tough night with a lot of scattered clouds …

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Aldrich Members Robert Kolesnik, Kim Lemerise, and Jim Zebrowski helped out at a Solar Observing day at Worcester State University on this Tuesday October 11th. WSU was promoting their new Astronomy Program for students and offering great white light views of the sun through their telescopes.