Seeing stars
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The Gilliland Observatory at the Museum of Science is open every Friday night from 8:30 to 10, weather permitting. Prepare for the viewing at "The Sky Tonight" program at 7 p.m. at the planetarium ($4.50-$6.50). 1 Science Park, Boston. 617-589-0267. www.mos.org/adults
The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics hosts observatory nights around 8:30 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month. Viewings preceded by an astronomy lecture at 7:30 p.m. in the center's Phillips Auditorium. 60 Garden St., Cambridge, 617-495-9059. www.cfa.harvard.edu/events
Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, one of the country's oldest astronomy clubs, meets at 8 p.m. on the second Thursday of each month at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (see above). www.atmob.org
Boston University's Coit Observatory is open every Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the fall and winter, weather permitting. 725 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, 617-353-2630. www.bu.edu/astronomy/opennight.html
The North Shore Amateur Astronomy Club holds observing sessions Friday nights at dusk in Veasey Memorial Park in Groveland (201 Washington St.) and Wednesday nights at 7:30 at the Mendel Observatory at Merrimack College (315 Turnpike St., North Andover, 978-837-5011). www.nsaac.org
The Astronomical Society of Southern New England hosts events around southern New England, including public viewings at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth. See schedule at www.assne.org
The South Shore Astronomical Society hosts observing sessions two Saturdays a month at dusk at Centennial Field in Norwell. The next viewing is Oct. 4. www.ssastros.org
The Aldrich Astronomical Society meets at 7:30 p.m. on second and fourth Saturdays at Anna Maria College. Observing sessions follow. 50 Sunset Lane, Paxton. 800-344-4586. www.aldrichastro.org
The Cape Cod Astronomical Society hosts observing sessions at dusk one Saturday a month at the Werner-Schmidt Observatory at the Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School. 210 Station Ave., South Yarmouth, 508-398-7630.www.ccas.ws
Observing sessions are free and open to the public.
