Interested in astronomy? Give these ideas a try:

Visit a Planetarium or Observatory

• Cleveland Museum of Natural History in University Circle
  • Shafran Planetarium has daily shows
  • Sept-May ⇒ See the stars through a 10½ telescope from 8:30-11 pm
• Observatory Park in Geauga County
• See a planetarium show, attend an astronomy talk, or view the stars through their telescope
• Check their schedule for current times.
• Hoover-Price Planetarium - Canton
• Lake Erie Nature & Science Center Schuele Planetarium - Bay Village

Attend the meeting of a local Astronomy Clubs
or attend one of their star parties:

• Chagrin Valley Astronomical Society - Geauga County
• Black River Astronomical Society - Lorain County
• Astronomy Club of Akron
• Brunswick Astronomy Club
• Cuyahoga Astronomical Association - Medina
• Cleveland Astronomical Society - Canalway Center in the Ohio and Erie Canal Metropark, Cuyahoga Heights

Get a night sky map from one of these:

• Skymaps - There's a free map for the current month on this site.
• Astronomy magazine Sky this Week
• Sky & Telescope This Week's Sky at a Glance
• Your Sky makes a custom sky map.

Turn your computer into a Planetarium

• Stellarium - A free planetarium program
• Google Sky - Web-based astronomy
• Neave Interactive web-based planetarium

Watch the International Space Station (ISS) go over

• NASA Spaceflight lists the possible viewing times
• ISS Tracker shows the current position

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