02.02.2023 Environment Here’s how to view the rare ‘Green Comet’ on the North Fork This winter, Southold’s Custer Institute and Observatory is making plans to welcome a visitor that hasn’t been seen in these parts in about 50,000 years: an ultra-rare green comet....
02.22.2020 News New executive director aims to elevate Custer Institute The 93-year-old Custer Institute has hired its first-ever executive director. Longtime volunteer Cynthia Cichanowicz recently began the new role and said her top priority is to build on the...
05.03.2017 Community New telescope, Zerochromat, arrives at Custer Institute & Observatory Stargazers will be able to see celestial bodies more clearly now that a new state-of-the-art telescope has arrived at the Custer Institute & Observatory in Southold. The Zerochromat telescope,...
06.21.2015 Community A longtime Custer volunteer who fell ill has donated his telescope for others Since the 1940s, Alarico “Rico” Verticchio has been looking at the skies. An amateur stargazer, he fell in love with the stars as a child. He would stop in...
03.15.2015 Religion Community picking up the pieces of fire-damaged church Minutes into the First Universalist Church service in Southold Sunday morning, a speaker was briefly interrupted by a voice at the back of the room. “Excuse us,” the gentleman said....
08.10.2013 News Grab a seat to watch the Perseid meteor shower Plan on staying up late or waking up early this weekend to get a front-row seat to the annual Perseid meteor shower. The next two nights are expected to be...
07.28.2012 News Cloudy skies could disrupt meteor shower party tonight Cloudy skies could disrupt the peak viewing hours for the Delta Aquarid meteor shower tonight. The annual meteor shower promises up to 15 to 20 meteors per hour in...
