Kopernik.org
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Kopernik Observatory and Science Center
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About the Kopernik Observatory and Science Center
The Kopernik Observatory, perched atop a 1720 foot hill in Vestal, 13 miles Southwest of Binghamton, NY, has been the best-sited and best equipped public observatory in the Northeast United States for over 25 years. The new Kopernik Space Education Center is New York State's first science laboratory facility designed for K-12 teachers, students and their families.
Facilities
- * 3 Observatory Telescopes (Research Grade open every Friday Night)
- * 12 Portable Telescopes
- * Solar Heliostat
- * Solar Prominence Scope
- * Classrooms with Computer Smart Board
- * Computer Lab
- * Space Science Lab with Multimedia Center
- * Physics/Laser Lab
- * Photographic Darkroom
- * Complete Weather Station
- * 20 Acre Dark Site
- * Outdoor Learning Area
- * NASA Satellite Downlink
- * Solar Energy Array
- * Earthquake Station
- * Science/Media Library
Contact
- Kopernik Observatory & Science Center
- 698 Underwood Road, Vestal NY 13850
- Phone: 607-748-3685
- Fax: 607-748-3222
- Email:
- http://www.kopernik.org/index.asp
Kopernik Observatory Staff
- Kristen Gordon, Director
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- Tish Bresee, Educator & School Programs Coordinator
- 607-748-3685
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- Roy Williams, Educator & Public Programs Coordinator
- 607-748-3685
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- Nick Guydosh, PHD., Educator
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- Kopernik Astronomical Society [KAS]
- George Normandin, President
- Optics, Astrophotography and CCD Imaging Expert
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Additional Information
The Kopernik Polish Cultural Society of Broome County was founded in 1973 to help commemorate the 500th anniversary of the birth of Mikolaj Kopernik, a man known to the world as Copernicus - "the father of modern astronomy". The Kopernik Society undertook construction of the Kopernik Observatory in the fall of 1973. When the Observatory was opened to the public in June of 1974, the Kopernik Society donated the facility to the community to be operated by Roberson Museum and Science Center. Since that time hundreds of thousands of school children and families have seen the wonders of the universe through the Observatory's large telescopes.
