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Fort Tryon Stargazing

Fort Tryon Park is above Dyckman Street and Broadway. However, we'll be doing all the events in the open lawn in front of the Cloisters. You can get there by going to the Main Entrance to Fort Tryon at the top of the hill, and walking towards the Cloisters. There is a large open area to the South, and that in where we will be. Fort Tryon is a lovely wooded park, and you can easily get to the observing location with a short walk from the subway station and 190th Street.

To get there by car, get to Broadway below the Cloisters at the Park. If you are coming from the North, go west on Bennet Avenue. Go up the hill (West) on 187th Street (also accessible from Broadway), and take a right on Overlook Terrace. Take a right on Fort Washington Avenue. Go into the park through the turnaround. Just before the Cloisters, you will see an open area to the left. That is where we are. Park on the North side of the Cloisters and walk back.

All dates are weather permitting.

Beyond IYA 2010 dates:

• March 10
• April 14
• May 12
• June 9
• July 14
• August 11
• September 8
• October 13

IYA 2009 dates:

• February 18
• March 18
• April 18
• May 20
• June 17
• July 15
• August 19
• September 16
• October 21
• November 18

Due to bright streetlights at the location, we don't have plans for any more events in Fort Tryon. Please join us in Inwood Hill Park.

About Jason Kendall

I am the NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador for New York City. I hold a Master of Science in Astronomy from New Mexico State University and am currently adjunct faculty at William Paterson University. I have led numerous "starwatching parties" and astronomy events in New York City, New Mexico, Minnesota and Texas. It all started way back in the fourth grade by the encouragement of two noted astronomers, Charles Schweighauser and Bart Bok. I saw Saturn through Charlie's telescope at then Sangamon State University on a clear Illinois night, and Bart encouraged me under those stars to study hard to come visit him at Kitt Peak National Observatory. I finally did make it down there about a decade after Bart passed away, and I found the favorite spots in Tucson, Arizona, where Bart and his wife Priscilla would spend when they were not gazing at the stars. Bart and his wife were pioneers in the study of the Milky Way, and their studies of the starforming regions called Bok Globules. It's even in my family. My great-grandfather was a Midwestern minister who used to preach his sermons out under the dark, cloudless nights. He always believed that getting out and experiencing the wonders of the natural world was a central part of being human. My family has always been inspired by his words: "We look up to look within." I hope that you'll join me under the stars or at one of my talks.

Come see what's up in the sky!

Jason Kendall
NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador to New York City

The Inwood Astronomy Project is thankful for the support of the NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassadors Program, the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, the New York Public Library, the International Year of Astronomy and the Amateur Astronomers Association of New York


We look up to look within