We should be able to see lots of interesting things in this region of the sky. We’ll check on the status of T Corona Borealis. examine the globular clusters of the Cat’s Eye Nebula (M4) & 80 in Scorpio, M13 & 92 in Hercules, M10, 12 & 14 in Ophiuchus the serpent bearer, M17, 18, 22 & 28 in Sagittarius, & M15 in Pegasus. Open star clusters, like the Northern Jewel box (NGC 6231), M6 & 7 in Scorpio, M11 the Wild Duck Cluster in Scutum, M25 in Sagittarius. Enchanting objects, such as the star Vega and its Ring Nebula - M57 in Lyra, and the Saturn Nebula, NGC 7009. The evening will end with the planet Saturn and its moons, and also a waxing gibbous Moon. Do check the weather.
We are part of the events of FAU’s Family Weekend. See more about the activities schedule at: https://www.fau.edu/newstudent/family/weekend/
Once again, our Department of Physics will host our annual Pumpkin Drop and Physics Carnival, which was “ranked by the State University System’s Board of Governors as the number one fall tradition among public Florida universities in 2023”! Who knew making such a big mess could be so noteworthy!?!
Our students will work together in our Astronomical Observatory the night before preparing the pumpkins for various physics demonstrations during the drop before launching them off our building to splat in front of the many school kids down below. The efforts will be to explore who was right about gravity, Aristotle or Galileo & Newton!
See more about it at: https://physics.fau.edu/pumpkin-drop/index.php
