The LiveSky planetarium show and evening Skywatch at the Science Museum of Virginia are scheduled for August 20.  The planetarium show starts at 6:00 PM.  More information is available here.

Please check this site for weather updates.

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In the event of clouds or rain, the skywatch will be cancelled, but the LiveSky planetarium show in the Science Museum’s Ethyl Planetarium is an indoor show and will be presented at 6:00 PM regardless of weather conditions.  The skywatch will begin after sunset, weather permitting.

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A Skywatch is a gathering of astronomers who bring their telescopes to a site in order to provide visitors a view of celestial objects.  The Richmond Astronomical Society and the Science Museum of Virginia host a skywatch on the front lawn of the Science Museum on the third Friday of each month.

Members of the Society set up their telescopes for anyone who wants to look at what is visible that night.  Some of the telescopes will be commercially made and some will have been hand made by the person who brought it.

The start time for the Skywatch varies with season because of the gradual change in time of sunset over the course of a year, but can be roughly defined as 30 minutes after sunset, but no later than 9pm and no earlier than 7 pm.

Please join us at our next skywatch and enjoy a live view of the night sky.