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The Franklin Institute's Joel N. Bloom Observatory has five different telescopes for you to view stars and planets in the sky.
(Photo by Darryl Moran courtesy Franklin Institute)

The Franklin Institute is promoting and participating in several events for World Space Week, which runs October 4-10.

This Thursday, October 6, 8-10 p.m., will be the Philadelphia Science Festival-sponsored Fall Community Astro Night.

Local amateur astronomers will set up telescopes all over the city for neighborhood observing, and two local university observatories will also open their doors for observing and additional astronomy programming.

Also, throughout World Space Week the Franklin Institute’s Fels Planetarium will be playing “The Sky Tonight,” and the Bloom Observatory will be open to view sunspots 10 a.m.-3 p.m. daily. Also enjoy Solar Observing and Telescope Exploration from 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. in the Joel N. Bloom Observatory on the 4th floor.

Saturday, October 8 also brings International Observe the Moon Night. Franklin Institute Observatory volunteers will take telescopes out into Center City to offer free views of the moon! Viewers can join millions of others around the world, all observing the moon on the same night. Chief Astronomer Derrick Pitts will also be with a telescope at 2nd and Chestnut Streets, the Piazza at Schmidts and Love Park.

Full list of telescope locations for the October 6 event, below.

Fall Community Astro Night
When: Thursday, October 6, 8-10 p.m.
Where: Locations vary
Cost: Free
More info: www2.fi.edu

Locations include:

• Folk Arts Cultural Treasures: 1023 Callowhill Street
• Philadelphia Center for Arts and Technology: 2111 Eastburn Avenue
• University of the Sciences: Main Quad, 43rd and Woodland Avenue
• Fairhill Burial Ground: 2900 Germantown Avenue
• Falomi Campground: 1717 Croskey Street near 23rd and Cecil B. Moore Avenue
• Lynch Observatory: Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street
• Rittenhouse Labs Observatory: University of Pennsylvania, 209 S. 33rd Street