Berks County Amateur Astronomical Society

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Public Events

April 10, 2025 - The Mystery and History of Fast Radio Bursts - Duncan Lorimer FRS

 

April 10, 2025 @ 7:30

Fast radio bursts are millisecond-duration pulses of cosmological origin that were discovered at West Virginia University in 2007. They show amazing promise as probes of the large-scale structure of the Universe and provide a new window into the population of compact objects at vast distances. Although much of the details as to their origins remain to be discovered, in this Professor Dunc will attempt to give an account of their discovery and what we have learned in the past eighteen years.

 

Penn State Berks: Franco 101
2080 Tulpehocken Rd
Reading, PA 19610

 

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/507184651

 

Jim Dietrich Park Star Watch, 11/8/24

Join Berks Astronomy for a free public star watch at Jim Dietrich Park on November 8, 2024 from 6 to 8 pm.  This event is weather dependent.

 

Wyomissing Park Star Watch, 11/15/24

Free public star watch at Wyomissing Park on November 15 at 6:30 pm.  From Cambridge Avenue, turn onto Parkview Drive (this is the entrance to The Highlands), and park in the lot just to the left. You will need to walk up the hill to the observing location. This event is weather permitting - if it is cloudy check here to see if it has been cancelled.

Link to map:  https://goo.gl/maps/ATu8GRThkzdr5SuE9

 

 

Cacoosing Meadows Park Star Watch, 12/20/24

Free public star watch (registration required) at the State Hill Road parking lot of Cacoosing Meadows Park on December 20 at 6:30 pm. Please contact Spring Township Parks and Recreation to register.

This event is weather permitting - if it is cloudy check here to see if it has been cancelled.

Link to map:  https://maps.app.goo.gl/BVUA19jC7P3onByt7

 

 



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