Happy 2018 New Year’s wishes are drawn on a snowy Roosevelt Island Firefighter’s Field
Happy 2018 from #rooseveltisland ! pic.twitter.com/95Fu5PhnnbFINNYRKER (@NYTTYTTYY) December 31, 2017
You can celebrate 2018 New Year’s Day across the street from Firefighters Field tonight at a Roosevelt Island Supermoon viewing with amateur astronomer Kuiper Kat.
MONDAY: Join #KuiperKatsAstronomy on #RooseveltIsland January 1st, as we kick off the New Year with a #Supermoon observing session! Observing will be from 6pm-8:30pm, weather permitting. Bundle up and come see some stars! pic.twitter.com/TkY6hCyzlYKatherine Troche (@kuiperkat) December 30, 2017
According to amateur astronomer Kuiper Kat:
Join Kuiper Kat’s Astronomy on Roosevelt Island as we kick off the New Year with a Supermoon observing session! This will be our first full moon of the year, as well as a Supermoon.
Observing will be from 6pm-8:30pm, weather permitting.
… We will be on Main Street, near the entrance of the Riverwalk Bar & Grill.
Learn more about Supermoons from NASA.
A supermoon is coming! On Jan. 1, the full Moon will be at or near its closest point in its orbit around Earth, making it a supermoon. Bundle up, get outside and look up! https://t.co/c0Ox5CDvmf Follow @NASAMoon for more lunar facts! pic.twitter.com/TH9H8Ly1V9
NASA (@NASA) December 29, 2017
Updates from Kuiper Kat about tonight’s Roosevelt Island Supermoon observing here. UPDATE 1/2/18:
We are all set up! If you are in the area, come check out the #supermoon! #KuiperKatsAstronomy #RooseveltIsland pic.twitter.com/i8w7sEcuIZKatherine Troche (@kuiperkat) January 1, 2018
#Supermoon #KuiperKatsAstronomy #RooseveltIsland #NYC #AmateurAstronomy @ Roosevelt Island https://t.co/vlz1oKEianKatherine Troche (@kuiperkat) January 2, 2018
Happy #Supermoon, everyone!Katherine Troche (@kuiperkat) January 2, 2018
__________#KuiperKatsAstronomy #AmateurAstronomy #RooseveltIsland #NYC https://t.co/PFpdGvAYow
Hey astro nerds. It’s real feel temperature 5 so I am calling it. Thanks to everyone that came https://t.co/8FcqayT0hTKatherine Troche (@kuiperkat) January 2, 2018