Programs
The Stars of Spring
A Presentation by Alberto Guzman
Wednesday, March 25
Lenoir Nature Center
19 Dudley St., Yonkers
7 PM Refreshments, 7:30 Presentation
The vernal equinox arrives March 20 and spring will officially begin. What are usually called “the winter stars” are on brilliant display high in the south in the evening. Professor Alberto Guzman will talk about our seasonal galactic neighborhood. He will show us how to use prominent nighttime sky features to find lesser ones.
This is an indoor program, but if the weather permits, we may go outside to see the night sky.
Should you have a telescope or a spotting scope of 60x power or greater, plus a tripod to hold scopes at standing height, bring them.
Prof Guzman, an avid amateur astronomer, was born in Puerto Rico and came to New York at the age of nine. His family moved to the Bronx in 1960, and except for six years in Chicago, he has lived in the Bronx ever since. He received a bachelor's degree from City College of CUNY, then a doctorate in mathematics from the University of Chicago. He retired as Professor Emeritus after thirty-three years on the mathematics faculty of CCNY.