Kopernik Public Programs: Spring 2025
Doors Open at 7:30 pm | Programs Start at 8:00 pm
In addition to on-site presentations,
Kopernik livestreams these programs on our YouTube Channel
The following programs are on Friday nights unless otherwise noted:
How to Make a Winning Robot
Saints Robotics
Friday, May 2, 8:00 PM
Saints Robotics from Seton Catholic Central in Binghamton, a state-qualifying team, will explain about the various robotics programs that they are involved in. They will describe what a robot is, how to create a robot, and demonstrate how the robots work. They’ll talk about the current club and the roles that members contribute to the team. Additionally, members of the audience will get the chance to interact and drive some of these robots
Drew Williams, Southern Tier Robotics
Friday, May 9, 8:00 PM
Get an up-close look at the latest robot designed by the Southern Tier Robotics team. Their robot performs autonomous and radio-controlled actions to accomplish a number of tasks in a multi-team competition. Students on the team will demonstrate the robot, show a video from their recent competition in Albany and Pittsburgh, and answer questions about the robot’s design and operation. Friday, May 16, 8:00 PM
There are many ways to describe the Galapagos Islands and their importance to our understanding of science, of conservation, of people’s responsibility to wild places. Galapagos can be a touchstone in our own lives and backyards. Our responsibility to protect and preserve wild places, and the plants and animals which flourish there, is a privilege. This presentation will help you understand the links between what might seem a foreign landscape, but in fact, is a lesson for our own environment and the positive effects we might have on the world around us.Citizen Science: Space Weather We Can Do Together!
Dr. Nathanial Frissell. Physics Professor, University of Scranton
Friday, May 23, 8:00 PM
Since the 2017 Solar Eclipse QSO Party, the Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation (HamSCI), has been bringing together amateur radio operators and professional space scientists to develop new and innovative ways to study space weather and its impacts on the ionosphere and radio propagation. In this presentation, we show results from the 2023 and 2024 HamSCI Festivals of Eclipse Ionospheric Science. We also talk about what is next for HamSCI, including new developments in the HamSCI Personal Space Weather Station project.
R. Olaf Siegers, Kopernik Educator
Friday, May 30, 8:00 PM
The current hunt for a planet beyond Neptune is yet another chapter in locating another world in our Solar System. From the dawn of the 19th Century through today’s exciting search, this historical survey will highlight some of these theoretically based Solar System discoveries … and non-discoveries !Make sure to subscribe to receive notifications of live events.
Public Admission
$6.00 adults
$4.00 seniors/students
$20.00 family maximum
Group rate (10 or more): $4 adult, $3 senior/student
Kopernik / ASTC Passport Members: Free
If the skies are not clear, you will receive a free pass to come back on another night.
You just can’t lose coming to Kopernik on a Friday night.
Public Programs Seasonal Hours
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Months
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Doors Open
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Public Program
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March – May
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7:30 PM
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8:00 PM
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June – July
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8:00 PM
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8:30 PM
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August – November
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7:30 PM
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8:00 PM
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December – February
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6:30 PM
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7:00 PM
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