Article in Time Out New York Kids!

I was interviewed a month or two ago for an article in Time Out New York Kids about astronomy activities with children. The call went out from Rich Rosenberg or the Amateur Astronomer’s Association here in NYC to all members and I guess I was the first to get in line. Our neighbors saw the article before I did and brought it over. Our two boys immediately wanted to know if this made me famous .

While I’m not quite famous, it is pleasing to see the information in print and I hope it will prompt more parents, even in urban places like NYC, to go out and look at the night sky with their children. The moon is an easy thing to observe and with only a little research, every parent can explain why it keeps changing. Some of the brighter constellations are visible, if not from Time Square, at least from parks and side streets where you avoid the glare from the local street lights. Have you tried to spot the Big Dipper this month? It’s nice and high overhead and slightly north just after it gets dark.