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Star Party and book talk
Join us for a Book Talk and Summer Star Party with Dr. Kelsey Johnson, astrophysicist and author most recently of Into the Unknown: The Quest to Understand the Mysteries of the Cosmos. Dr. Johnson is a professor at the University of Virginia and past-president of the American Astronomical Society; her research focuses primarily on galaxy…
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Greenbrier valley archaeology: Findings at fort warwick
Join us at the Green Bank Science Center for an evening of archaeology as Drs. Kim and Stephen McBride present the latest results from the extensive archaeological excavations recently completed at Fort Warwick, a historical site right here in Green Bank, WV! Fort Warwick was a frontier structure built in 1774 as a militia outpost,…
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green bank star quest
Join us for the Nation’s largest optical and radio star party! Hosted at the Green Bank Observatory and organized by the Central Appalachian Astronomy Club. For details and registration, visit https://greenbankstarquest.org
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Monthly star party
Enjoy views of West Virginia’s beautiful night sky! This month our Star Party will be offered as part of the Space Race Rumpus – a weekend of family-friendly cycling events. If weather allows, Observatory staff will be available with optical telescopes. This month, we’ll be at the old tour center, NOT the Science Center. Follow…
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Space Race rumpus
Join us for a weekend of family-friendly cycling fun. Bike races, workshops, camping and more! Find details at https://www.spaceracerumpus.org/
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Family Science Lab: Fun with the sun!
Summer is almost here! Join us for an afternoon of family activities and celebrate the season of sun! We’ll explore the solar spectrum with a variety of hands-on activities suitable for families with children ages 4 and up; activities will include making UV Bead jewelry and UV sun prints, designing suncatchers with color filters, and…
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SETI Tour
Celebrate Green Bank’s historic role in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence with a rare opportunity to see inside our historic telescopes and speak with one of our radio astronomers in person! We begin where it all started, in the control room of the 85-foot telescope used by Frank Drake in the original search, Project Ozma.…
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High Tech tour
High Tech Tours are offered the 2nd Thursday of every month. $25/person Join an Observatory engineer for an in-depth conversation and behind-the-scenes peek at our electronics lab, telescope receivers, and the GBT control room. See what makes our observatory one of the world’s leading radio telescope facilities! 3:30 p.m. ~ 5:00 p.m. Tour lengths will…