If New Yorkers wander into Central Park around East 99th Street off Fifth Avenue on Saturday night, they could see the East Meadow filled with a sea of red lights and telescopes pointing up.
, an astronomy professor at Columbia University. He will talk about exploding stars, also known as supernovas, and his personal journey to becoming an astronomer.Current weather predictions call for rain early on Saturday due to the remnants of Hurricane Nicole, but the skies are then expected to clear by the time the festivities begin.
“I'm definitely looking forward to seeing Mars because Mars is very close to the earth now,” Patterson said. “Mars is a really difficult planet to observe, and you really only get a good look at it when it gets close to the Earth, so I'm looking forward to that through one of the AAA's telescopes.” “New York City is a place where people automatically think you can't see stars, you can't see planets, you can't see anything,” said, AAA vice president of operations, who first learned about Starfest when she stumbled upon it walking through Central park in 2010. “It's challenging, but you can see things in New York City.
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