Stargazing session led by PARI Astronomers. Join us and witness the beauty of the North Carolina sky! Children 10&under are free.

Stargazing session led by PARI Astronomers. Join us and witness the beauty of the North Carolina sky! Children 10&under are free.

Stargazing session led by PARI Astronomers. Join us and witness the beauty of the North Carolina sky! Children 10&under are free.

Stargazing session led by PARI Astronomers. Join us and witness the beauty of the North Carolina sky! Children 10&under are free.

Stargazing session led by PARI Astronomers. Join us and witness the beauty of the North Carolina sky! Children 10&under are free.

Stargazing session led by PARI Astronomers. Join us and witness the beauty of the North Carolina sky! Children 10&under are free.

 You are invited to join PARI astronomers Saturday, August 27, to view an unusual clustering of planets in the evening sky.  The event is scheduled from 8 to 10 p.m. on the PARI campus. “For the month of August keen observers of the evening sky will be able to see all five of the classical […]

  Photo courtesy of NASA This program is part of the monthly Evening at PARI series and will feature a presentation by Jackson McCormick, Georgia Tech Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering.  “Lightning is not an occasional event,” said McCormick, “it occurs 40 to 50 times per second around the world.  And while lightning often […]

The public is invited to join PARI astronomers for a late-night observing session of the Perseid meteor shower Thursday, August 11, at PARI. “The Perseids are one of the more predictable meteor showers,” said PARI Astronomer/Educator Dr. Bob Hayward.  “and this year may provide better viewing than usual.  Normally, the Perseids peak at about 90 […]

Evening at PARI June 10, New Trends in the Discovery of Exoplanets by Dr. Mike Castelaz On Friday, June 10, 2016, PARI will host a presentation by Dr. Mike Castelaz, Senior Scientist at PARI, discussing the continuing search for other planets outside of our solar system. The talk will begin at 7 PM, and will […]