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Bridgewater State University Observatory @bsuobservatory.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Wed. 10/14 - The observatory will be open tonight, 7 - 8:15 pm!

Bridgewater State University Observatory @bsuobservatory.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

We're not sure yet about tonight's weather. Forecasts don't look bad, but satellite images show a ton of clouds headed our way. We'll wait a while to make the weather call! www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/sector_...

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GOES-19 - Sector view: Northeast - GeoColor - NOAA / NESDIS / STAR

Near real-time publication of GOES-East and GOES-West images from NOAA/NESDIS/STAR

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Bridgewater State University Observatory @bsuobservatory.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The observatory will be open tonight, Wed. 10/7 from 7:00 - 8:15 pm!

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Bridgewater State University Observatory @bsuobservatory.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Wed. 9/30 - The observatory will be closed tonight due to lots of predicted clouds. We'll try again next week!

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Bridgewater State University Observatory @bsuobservatory.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We have more public observatory nights this fall: - Sep. 30, 7:30 – 8:45 pm - Oct. 7, 14, & 21, 7:00 – 8:15 pm - Halloween Public Night Oct. 28 (rain date Oct. 30), 6:45 – 8:45 pm - Nov. 4 & 18, 6:00 pm – 7:15 pm Please check the afternoon of the event to see if the weather will allow it to go on.

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Bridgewater State University Observatory @bsuobservatory.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The observatory will be closed tonight, Wed. 9/23 due to high winds and significant clouds. We will try again next Wednesday, 7:30 - 8:45 pm, weather allowing.

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Bridgewater State University Observatory @bsuobservatory.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Wed. 9/2: The observatory will be closed tonight due to expected cloud cover.

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Bridgewater State University Observatory @bsuobservatory.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Wed. 8/27: The forecasts for rain and clouds worsened, so we are cancelling our lunar eclipse event tonight. However, it's still worth stepping outside a few times tonight wherever you are to see if you can catch a glimpse! It looks like areas north of us might be a bit better off.

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Bridgewater State University Observatory @bsuobservatory.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

8/27: We're waiting just a bit longer to see if the weather forecast changes. Please check back on whether we'll be open for the eclipse!

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Bridgewater State University Observatory @bsuobservatory.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Lunar Eclipse Night Thursday, 8/27! Weather allowing, we'll be open to view the partial lunar eclipse from Thursday, 8/27 at 9:15 pm to Friday, 8/28 at 1:00 am. We'll use our telescopes and have binoculars available! Please check back on the day of the event for our weather call.

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Bridgewater State University Observatory @bsuobservatory.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Wed. 8/19: We'll be open tonight from 8:45 – 10:00 pm!

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Bridgewater State University Observatory @bsuobservatory.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

We look forward to enjoying the Solar Eclipse with you today from 12:30 - 3:00 pm! The eclipse itself peaks at 1:56 pm. We'll give out glasses in the DMF lobby and have telescopes on the 5th floor patios. You may park in the West Campus Lot. If it fills, the next nearest lot is Spring Street lot.

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Bridgewater State University Observatory @bsuobservatory.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

We have 750 eclipse glasses left to give out! The partial solar eclipse is tomorrow (1:03 - 2:46 pm in Bridgewater). We'll hand out glasses til noon today, then from 5:00 - 7:00 pm. We'll be open for the eclipse tomorrow, but our staffing is limited. If you can pick up glasses today, that is best!

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Bridgewater State University Observatory @bsuobservatory.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

We still have 800 Solar Eclipse glasses to give out! We're here todaytil 4:30 pm, then again Tue., 7/11 from 10 am - 12 pm and 5 - 7 pm. Glasses pickup is at DMF Science and Math Center room 214 (2nd floor left of the main elevators). For more info, see our website! www.bridgew.edu/center/case/...

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Wed. 8/5: We'll be closed tonight due to expected clouds. Our next public night is Wednesday, August 19, weather allowing.See below regarding picking up eclipse glasses and the partial solar eclipse e...

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Bridgewater State University Observatory @bsuobservatory.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Wed. 8/5: We'll be closed tonight due to expected cloud cover. Our next event is the Solar Eclipse next week! See our site for details: www.bridgew.edu/center/case/... Our next nighttime public event is August 19, 8:45 – 10:00 pm. See less

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Solar Eclipse August 12, 2026: Event and Solar Glasses Pick-Up On Wednesday, August 12, 2026, a partial Solar Eclipse will be visible from Bridgewater from 1:03 - 2:46 pm. Looking at an eclipse withou...

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Bridgewater State University Observatory @bsuobservatory.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Wed., August 12, 2026, a partial Solar Eclipse will be visible from Bridgewater.The BSU observatory is providing two ways to help you safely view the eclipse: Solar Glasses Pre-Eclipse Pick-Up and a viewing event, weather allowing. Please see our website for details! www.bridgew.edu/center/case/...

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Bridgewater State University Observatory @bsuobservatory.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

We'll be closed tonight, Wednesday 7/22, due to expected clouds and rain chance.

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Bridgewater State University Observatory @bsuobservatory.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

We'll be open tonight, Wednesday 7/8 from 9:15 - 10:30 pm!

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Bridgewater State University Observatory @bsuobservatory.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Wed. June 24 - The observatory will be open tonight from 9:15 – 10:30 pm!

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Bridgewater State University Observatory @bsuobservatory.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Wed. 6/10 - The observatory will be closed tonight due to expected clouds and rain. Our next try for a public open night is June 24.

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Bridgewater State University Observatory @bsuobservatory.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Wednesday 5/27: The observatory will be closed tonight due to expected clouds.

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Bridgewater State University Observatory @bsuobservatory.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

We'll be open the following Wednesdays this summer, weather allowing. Please check back here the afternoon of each event for the weather decision. o May 27, 9:00 – 10:15 pm. o June 10 and 24, 9:15 – 10:30 pm. o July 8 and 22, 9:15 – 10:30 pm. o August 5 and 19, 8:45 – 10:00 pm.

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ESO @eso.org · 14/05/2026

Scarlet and smoke! This smoky black silhouette is part of a large cloud of partially ionised hydrogen known as Gum 15. The dark chunks of sky have seemingly few stars because lanes of dusty material are obscuring the bright regions beyond. More: www.eso.org/public/images/potw1444a 🔭 📷 ESO

A red nebula crossed by dark lanes of dust. A brilliantly bright white star dominates the lower centre of the image.

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Bridgewater State University Observatory @bsuobservatory.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Another image not previously shared from our old telescope: The Wizard Nebula, taken and processed in 2020 by Ellen Pariser, post-processed this year to bring out more background.

The Wizard Nebula appears as a red cloud mostly in the center and left of the image. Many stars of colors red, orange, yellow, white, and blue are scattered across the entire image.

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ESO @eso.org · 07/05/2026

The Ghost of a Dying Star 👻 ESO 378-1 is a planetary nebula with a diameter of almost four light-years. Like all planetary nebulae, it is created by the ejected and expanding gas of dying stars. Read more: www.eso.org/public/news/eso1532 🔭 📷 ESO

A nearly spherical planetary nebula glowing in shades of soft blue and pink against a dark, star-filled background

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Bridgewater State University Observatory @bsuobservatory.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

As we get our new scope ready, we'd like to celebrate the old one. Here's the Orion Nebula, taken on 11/11/2017 with it. Hundreds of 5-sec pics were taken and stacked for 39 min of exposure in LRGB filters, overlaid by Ellen Pariser. Today, I tweaked it to bring out more of the background.

The Orion Nebula: A star-forming nebula containing four extremely bright stars at the center which light up the gas and dust around it to form a wing-like shape, with reds and purples dominating the edges in color.

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Bridgewater State University Observatory @bsuobservatory.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Our upgraded research telescope is now operational! Our first light image is of globular cluster Messier 13. This is a simple, unguided, 60-second image through our luminance filter. The scope needs collimation - that's why the stars have little tails. We'll handle that this week.

Our new 16-inch Optimized Dall-Kirkham telescope from Orion Optics UK with SBIG STXL-6303 camera and accessories attached. The dome is open with a beautiful blue sky, clouds, and sunlight.

"First Light" - what astronomers call the first image taken through a new telescope system. This one is globular cluster M13, a ball of a hundred thousand stars centered against the dark background of space.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 01/05/2026

🔭 Markarian's Chain Image Credit & Copyright: Chuck Ayoub ap260501

See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download
the highest resolution version available.

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Bridgewater State University Observatory @bsuobservatory.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Wed. 4/29: We'll be closed tonight due to clouds. We will announce our schedule of summer events in May!

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Bridgewater State University Observatory @bsuobservatory.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Our filter wheel is assembled and ready to attach to our new reseach telescope!

Astronomical filter wheel with eight filters to allow different wavelength ranges of light in.

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Bridgewater State University Observatory @bsuobservatory.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Wed. 4/22: The observatory will be closed tonight due to clouds and rain. We'll try again next week!

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Bridgewater State University Observatory @bsuobservatory.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

The Bubble Nebula, imaged at the BSU Observatory, 8/3/2016 in luminance, R, V, and B filters. ~50 minutes exposure.. Credit: BEAR Team. This nebula is ~9,000 light-years away. Wind from hot, high-mass blows bubbles in space. Hydrogen glows red here due to high-energy light from the star.

The Bubble Nebula, imaged at the Bridgewater State University Observatory, August 3, 2016. A bubble-like structure can be seen embedded in gas glowing red and pink in the region, along with a few very bright stars. Other stars surround the area.

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ESO @eso.org · 14/04/2026

We spotted some of that Moon joy! 🌙 In the early morning of 9 April, our NTT Telescope turned its gaze to the sky above La Silla and caught something special. Not a distant galaxy, nor a star cluster, but a streak of light with a very special story 👇 1/3

Black and white telescope image of a star-filled sky, with a bright vertical streak cutting through the centre, left by the passage of the Artemis II Orion module.

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ESO @eso.org · 15/04/2026

Ready to meet the cosmic bat? 🦇 Hidden in one of the darkest corners of the Orion constellation, NGC 1788 resembles a bat. This nebula is spreading its hazy "wings" through interstellar space two thousand light-years away. Read more: www.eso.org/public/news/eso1904 🔭

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Bridgewater State University Observatory @bsuobservatory.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

The observatory will be closed tonight, Wed. 4/15 due to predicted cloud cover. We'll try again next week!

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Bridgewater State University Observatory @bsuobservatory.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Wed. 4/8 - We'll be open tonight from 8:30 - 9:45 pm!

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Bridgewater State University Observatory @bsuobservatory.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Artemis II's astronauts captured incredibly pictures of the lunar flyby. Some good news today. www.nasa.gov/gallery/luna...

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Lunar Flyby - NASA

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Bridgewater State University Observatory @bsuobservatory.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

We'll be closed tonight, 4/1, due to clouds and rain. We'll try again next week! Here are our upcoming open observatory evenings, all Wednesdays: April 8, 15, 22, and 29 from 8:30 pm - 9:45 pm.

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Bridgewater State University Observatory @bsuobservatory.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Wed. 3/25: The observatory will be closed tonight due to clouds. We'll try again next Wednesday!

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Bridgewater State University Observatory @bsuobservatory.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Thanks to everyone who came to our event last night! We all had a great night under the stars! 🌃🌠

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Bridgewater State University Observatory @bsuobservatory.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Wed. 3/18: The observatory will be open tonight from 7:45 - 9:00 pm! Jupiter is the star of the show.

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Bridgewater State University Observatory @bsuobservatory.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Weather allowing, we'll be open to the public to see planets, the Moon, stars, nebulae, galaxies and more at the following times this spring: Wednesdays March 18 and 25 from 7:45 pm - 9:00 pm Wednesdays April 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29 from 8:30 pm - 9:45 pm.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 08/02/2026

🔭 Active Sunspot Region 4366 Crosses the Sun Image Credit & Copyright: Daniel Korona apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26020...

Most of the Sun is pictured peeking over a hill. On the surface of the Sun are several sunspots including a very large sunspot region toward the center-right. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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Bridgewater State University Observatory @bsuobservatory.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

The observatory hosts night events for K-12 classes/schools, scouts, learning communities, and more. Contact us to schedule a visit for your group! We're currently booking Mondays March 23 and later. Mondays don't work? Tell us what does, and we'll work it out. www.bridgew.edu/center/case/...

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Observatory Private Events

Scheduling Private Events on Mondays for Fall 2025. We'll implement an online calendar and sign-up form soon. In the meantime:Please contact us directly to schedule an event for a group of 20 or more ...

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MIT Haystack Observatory @haystack.mit.edu · 29/01/2026

Applications to our REU summer undergraduate internship program are due Feb. 1! Come work with us 😁 www.haystack.mit.edu/haystack-pub...

A man standing in front of a large white dome

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