{"id":3047,"date":"2014-05-15T19:19:59","date_gmt":"2014-05-15T23:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pfeiffernaturecenter.org\/nature-blog\/?p=3047"},"modified":"2014-05-17T14:18:26","modified_gmt":"2014-05-17T18:18:26","slug":"starlight-starbright","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pfeiffernaturecenter.org\/nature-blog\/2014\/05\/starlight-starbright\/","title":{"rendered":"Starlight, Starbright&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8230;What stars will we see tonight?<\/strong><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3062\" alt=\"night sky\" src=\"http:\/\/pfeiffernaturecenter.org\/nature-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Night-Sky-sm.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pfeiffernaturecenter.org\/nature-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Night-Sky-sm.jpg 400w, https:\/\/pfeiffernaturecenter.org\/nature-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Night-Sky-sm-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pfeiffernaturecenter.org\/nature-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Night-Sky-sm-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>The night of the new moon &#8211;\u00a0when the moon is completely hidden by the sun &#8211; is the perfect time for sky watching.\u00a0 With no visible moon, the other heavenly bodies are much easier to see.\u00a0 It&#8217;s also a great time to cuddle with your sweetie on a blanket while you marvel at the millions of\u00a0stars and contemplate your place in the universe.<\/p>\n<p>Join us on <em><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Wednesday, May 28, from 8:45-10:30PM at 1420 Yubadam Road for Muses of the Forest &#8211; Astronomy!<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>David Toot will lead\u00a0us in our\u00a0starry explorations.\u00a0An astronomy professor,\u00a0Dave&#8217;s\u00a0been Director of Alfred University&#8217;s Stull Observatory for more than a decade, so he knows the heavens like the back of his hand.\u00a0\u00a0He&#8217;ll\u00a0share some of\u00a0his\u00a0knowledge, showing us how to see particular stars or clusters and understand what we\u2019re seeing.\u00a0 We\u2019ll also learn a bit about what the stars can teach us about the earth \u2013 and ourselves!<\/p>\n<p>Bring your binoculars and a lawn chair if you\u2019d like, and enjoy the beauty that the night sky offers.<\/p>\n<p>Cost is $8\/person and\u00a0reservations are required.\u00a0 Pocket constellation field guides are available for an additional $5 <strong>(must be ordered by May 20)<\/strong>..<\/p>\n<p>This is the first in the Nature Center\u2019s <em>Muses of the Forest series<\/em> \u2013 watch for more fun throughout the season including painting, dance and music!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pfeiffernaturecenter.org\/nature-blog\/register-for-programs\/\" target=\"_blank\">Register online<\/a> now or call us at 716.933.0187.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;What stars will we see tonight?The night of the new moon &#8211;\u00a0when the moon is completely hidden by the sun &#8211; is the perfect time for sky watching.\u00a0 With no visible moon, the other heavenly bodies are much easier to see.\u00a0 It&#8217;s also a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,204],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-programs","category-stars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pfeiffernaturecenter.org\/nature-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pfeiffernaturecenter.org\/nature-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pfeiffernaturecenter.org\/nature-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pfeiffernaturecenter.org\/nature-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pfeiffernaturecenter.org\/nature-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3047"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/pfeiffernaturecenter.org\/nature-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3066,"href":"https:\/\/pfeiffernaturecenter.org\/nature-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3047\/revisions\/3066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pfeiffernaturecenter.org\/nature-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pfeiffernaturecenter.org\/nature-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pfeiffernaturecenter.org\/nature-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}