# Astronomy & Astrophysics Research Day

> Event for families in the Raleigh–Cary area (NC). Times are Eastern Time.

- When: Sat, Nov 7 · 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
- Where: North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, 11 West Jones Street, Raleigh, NC 27601
- Ages: All Ages
- Price: Check official pricing
- Organizer: North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
- Official page: https://www.naturalsciences.org/calendar/event/astronomy-astrophysics-research-day/
- Last checked: Sat, Oct 24

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## About

One of the museum's Research Highlight Days, filling the first and third floors of the Nature Research Center with astronomy tables. Visitors can try Spiral Graph: Cluster Buster, the museum's online citizen-science project for tracing the arms of spiral galaxies; ask the Raleigh Astronomy Club about telescopes; see undergraduate astrophysics research from Appalachian State; and look at meteorites from the asteroid belt, the Moon and Mars from the museum collection. It is a drop-in day that works for curious school-age kids and teens who like space, and you can spend as long as you like at each table.

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