Weather permitting, the Falmouth Sidewalk Astronomers will be participating in the International Year of Astronomy 2009 Cornerstone Project, Galilean Nights, tonight through Saturday, Oct. 22-24.
As part of the event, they will be holding public viewing sessions from 6 to 9 p.m., near the Katherine Lee Bates statue on the Falmouth Public Library lawn. A goal of the Galilean Nights event is to get as many people as possible to look at the wonders that Italian astronomer Galileo observed 400 years ago through his telescope.
The focus will be the objects that Galileo observed, including Jupiter and the Moon. Everyone is welcome to come and get free views of the moon, planets and stars through telescopes, and if they have them, to bring their own telescopes and binoculars.