🚨🚨🚨 STAR PARTY ALERT!! 🚨🚨🚨
** Saturday, Aug 23, 2025 - - 9:00pm ~ 11:30am
Greetings, everyone - - It's time for another star party!
We will be having our next public observing event this coming Sat, 08.23, starting at 9:00pm at the Stephen F. Wessling Observatory, hosted by The Newaygo County Dark Sky Astronomers!
** Please note the earlier start time from past months for this upcoming date.
** ALSO - - The upcoming Sept. and Oct. star parties will start at 7:30pm, and go till around 11:00pm-ish.
The sun sets on Aug 23 around 8:35pm, and we'll be enjoying a "New Moon" night, when the Moon is directly in between the Sun and the Earth, making for a nice dark sky for observing.
Our main focus for the evening will be the myriad of galaxies and nebulae in the Sagittarius region of the southern sky, along with highlighting the late summer constellations, plus other various deep-sky objects.
We'll also have our "Constellation Tour" for Aug, highlighting the late-summer constellations.
We'll be opening the doors to the Kropscott Farm Science Building for visitor sign-ins a little before 9:00pm, and observing the night sky till around 11:30pm, as long as people are there, and the skies are clear.
(** NOTE ** - - Please stop by the Science Building *FIRST* to sign in before heading over to the observatory).
As of today (Mon Aug 18), Saturday's forecast calls for a mostly sunny day, with mostly clear skies for the evening - - hopefully it stays that way! Temps for Sat night will probably be in the mid- to high-60's.
As always, we'll be monitoring the forecast as the week progresses, and list any updates or changes in the "Discussion" tab of the event here, should observing plans be called off.
*** PLEASE NOTE: Observatory viewing is subject to cancellation due to cloudy skies/rain. However, on occasion, we'll have an inside program if there is inclement weather.
Club members and visitors are always welcome to bring their own equipment if they have any (telescopes and/or binoculars) to get help with setting up, learn observing tips, or share their favorite night sky objects with everyone! 🔭
Admission for the evening is:
Adults - $5.00
17 and younger - $2.00
Kids under five - FREE
(All proceeds go toward the maintenance and improvement of the Wessling Observatory and Kropscott Farm property).
The Dark Sky Astronomers team look forward to viewing the night sky with you on Sat. Aug 23!
Until then...
Clear Skies! 🔭🌑🪐✨
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