Kopernik Observatory Science

Category: Observatory

Address: 698 Underwood Rd, Vestal, NY 13850, USA

Phone: +16077483685

Opening hours

Sunday: Closed

Monday: Closed

Tuesday: Closed

Wednesday: Closed

Thursday: Closed

Friday: 7–10:30PM

Saturday: Closed

Reviews

Mike Blake

Oct 2, 2022

Fantastic place! Kopernik Observatory and Science Center is always a fun place to learn and explore! Astrofest was a wonderful experience. I love the recorded livestream events which allow me to later view missed events.

Arnold Love

Sep 16, 2022

Very helpful. Let everyone view through the 3 telescope at their pace. Others brought theirs and let everyone use them. Easy to talk to, since it was my first time there.

Chris Higgins

Sep 12, 2022

Kopernik is a fabulous place to learn about different science topics while also getting the opportunity to look through the telescopes. It now offers a science park playground for children. I had the pleasure to do some volunteer work here for some of the summer camps that Kopernik hosted for different grade levels. I always love learning new topics at Kopernik’s Friday night programs. From my time as a volunteer, I can say that the staff were very easy to get along with and were always passionate about science. Kopernik is an excellent place to help unleash your child’s potential in science, technology, engineering and math and make a change in our world.

Steve RH

Sep 6, 2022

Kopernik is a local gem that is great for all ages. Staff are friendly, knowledgeable and truly care about science and education. Kids programs are great to expose them to all sorts of science, not just Astronomy. Highly recommended.

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Questions & Answers

What is the current thinking on how Dark Matter is distributed around an elliptical galaxy?

Arthur Law | Oct 17, 2020
KopernikObservatory | Oct 17, 2020

Hello Art, I hope you and the family are well. Kopernik doesn't have any Dark Matter expertise per se, however a quick search came up with: https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/March01/Battaner/node11.html https://phys.org/news/2019-05-elliptical-galaxies-dark.html http://www.ing.iac.es/PR/press/mond.html There are older studies, but these seem to be the most recent thinking. I apologize if you have already seen these. Stay well and keep looking up.

was there a siting of a quasar or pulsar visible here in the early to mid 1960s

andy harlec | Oct 18, 2018
Christi Fleeger | Oct 18, 2018

I don't know but the people there are very knowledgeable and would be able to answer your questions

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