The Christa McAuliffe Center at Framingham State University will host free Open Houses and evenings of stargazing and observation on September 2 and September 6, 7:30PM-9:00PM (weather permitting), in FSU’s O’Connor parking lot by Maynard Road in Framingham. Telescopes will be aimed at the Moon, Saturn, Jupiter, Albireo (double star), Mizar (star), and Epsilon Lyrae (multiple star system).

As part of the Open House, the Center will offer tours of the Challenger Learning Center and present a planetarium film, Big Astronomy: People, Places, Discoveries. Masks are required indoors. For more information, email cmc@framingham.edu.

The McAuliffe Center recently received $5 million in state funding for a major redesign project to create five multifunctional, technology-enabled learning spaces offering modern visualizations and simulation capabilities.