2012 Schedule
January 13 – February 11: Uranus and Neptune: Planets of the Telescope Age
Discover the two mysterious gas giants. Learn how they were found, and where they can be seen today.
February 4, 11, 18, & 25: The Stellar Road to Freedom
Special program celebrating Black History Month. Learn how the northern stars were used as guides on the northward trek to freedom.
February 17 – March 24: Shorter Nights: Passage into Spring
As the equinox approaches, what gems of the evening are visible in Buffalo, NY?
March 30 – April 28: Pluto and the Other Dwarfs: Smaller Objects of the Solar System
Pluto and other dwarf planets occupy the outer solar system and hold clues to the solar system's beginnings.
May 4 - June 9: Wonders of the Springtime Sky
Learn about the constellations, planets and other objects visible in the late Spring skies over Buffalo.
June 15 - July 14: The Sun and Extrasolar Planets
This final segment of our Solar System Series discusses our own Sun as well as recent discoveries of solar systems around other stars.
July 20 - August 18: The Lives and Deaths of Giant Stars
What happens as giant stars live and die? What are black holes? Will our own Sun become a black hole?
August 24 - September 22: Ancient Astronomical Sites
Ancient astronomers left behind astonishing sites around the world. Were they observatories? or something more?
September 28 - October 27: 2012: Prophesy of Doom?
Separate fact from fiction as we aproach 12/21/12.
November 2 - 17: Legends of Autumn
Take a tour of the Autumn sky as seen from Buffalo.
November 23 - December 30: Star of Wonder
The return of this popular program about what celestial event may have been recorded as the Star of Bethlehem.
