Where We'll Meet

We will meet in the early evening in the baseball diamonds of Inwood Hill Park. We'll be set up for the ghouls and goblins to take a peek after the Inwood Haunted Forest. All are welcome, costumes encouraged.

With Jupiter in the sky and the Seven Sinister Sisters overhead, it'll be a great evening for stargazing! The Summer Triangle will retreat away from us, but we can still glimpse Albireo, as well as the glorious Double-Cluster of Perseus. High overhead will be the Andromeda Galaxy, M31. We should also be able to see the Ring Nebula, The Great Globular Cluster M31 in Hercules.

As always, we'll have our own treats for the spooks and kooks.

Please always call 917-529-2359 to see if we are going up to the observing location. We will be in the baseball diamonds near the entrance at Seaman and Isham Streets. Please see the map below. To arrive by subway, take the "A" train to the last stop. Come out the stairs at the front of the train, and go up the hill alongside the church. This entrance is right in front of you. The distance between the Meeting Place and the subway is two short blocks at Isham and Seaman Streets. Click here to learn more about Inwood Hill Park.

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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