Roosevelt Island Residents Gathered Last Saturday Night To Moonwatch, Stargaze And Search For International Space Station With 2 Very Large Telescopes Courtesy Of iDig2Learn And OB Astronomy

Huge thanks to Chris @OBAstronomy 4 giving Roosevelt Island the moon, jupiter & its four visible moons & even 2 Int’l Space Station (ISS) flyovers! Smiles everywhere as neighbors came out to play. Moon photo taken by Laura Dutilloy #OptOutside pic.twitter.com/5DV5U219Ca

— iDig2Learn (@iDig2Learn) May 19, 2019

Excited Roosevelt Island residents, young and a bit older,

gathered on a brisk Saturday evening at the Riverwalk Commons to gaze at the moon, stars and even the International Space Station from two large telescopes

brought to the Riverwalk Commons courtesy of iDig2Learn founder Christina Delfico and OB Astronomy’s Chris Vallo.

Young and Older having fun and learning a bit of Roosevelt Island astronomy Tonight at Riverwalk Commons. @iDig2Learn @OBAstronomy pic.twitter.com/9CS2edYg84

— Roosevelt Islander (@Rooseveltisland) May 19, 2019

Christina Delfico, iDig2Learns founder who organized the event as part of the Celebrating Roosevelt Islands Nature series reports over a hundred folks came out and definitely wants to invite Chris back. Ms Delfico adds:

I caught this on my own #Pixel2 tonight at #RooseveltIsland thanks to @iDig2Learn ! pic.twitter.com/e4ijqf0m90

— Chris Gassman (@Chris_Gassman) May 19, 2019