🚨🚨🚨 STAR PARTY ALERT!! 🚨🚨🚨
** Saturday, June 21, 2025 - - 9:30pm ~ 12:00am
Hello, stargazers!
The Stephen F. Wessling Observatory's next public open house star party is this coming Sat. June 21, starting at 9:30pm, and hosted by The Newaygo County Dark Sky Astronomers!
The main viewing highlights for Sat. will be "Galaxies and Star Clusters". We'll be visiting several of these early summer DSO's (Deep Space Objects) that evening, and also on the following Sat, June 28 (our next star party after this one - - Mark those calendars!)
And, speaking of summer... Fri June 20 at 10:42pm EST is the official start time of Summer 2025! ☀️⛱⚾️🌭🫓🍦
We'll be opening the doors to the Kropscott Farm Science Building for visitor sign-ins a little before 9:30pm, and observing the night sky till around midnight, 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).
Sunset on Sat June 21 is around 9:29pm. Other observing highlights will be:
- Mars is still visible, sitting close to Regulus, the "Heart of The Lion" in Leo, in the WSW sky.
- Scorpius starts to rise in the S sky as the night progresses.
- The Milky Way starts to make its summertime appearance, rising through the night from the E to the S sky.
(FYI - - Venus and Saturn are still morning planets - - Saturn peaks above a flat horizon in the E around 2:15am; Venus around 4:00am.
- And, always a visitor favorite - "The Constellation Tour" for June, highlighting the early-summer constellations!
As always, we'll be watching the weather for that evening. Currently, the forecast for Fremont on Sat is calling for a sunny and warm day, with mainly clear skies that night, with temps in the low-70's. (Any updates or changes will be noted in the "Comments" section here if observing plans are 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.
As always, any club members or visitors who have their own equipment (telescopes and/or binoculars) are encouraged to bring their setups. So feel free to bring your observing toys with you to enjoy and share your favorite sky objects with others! 🔭
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. June 21!
Until then...
Clear Skies! 🔭🌑🪐✨
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