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Overnight Star Party
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At Imerman Park in Saginaw, Michigan
Saturday, August 18, 2007
Event is free but there is a $2.00 fee to enter the park
Come and observe with us!

Everyone welcome!

Tents and campers welcome, but no camp fires permitted

Early telescope setup and activities.

 


Look through Telescopes!


* See the wonders of the heavens:
* The Sun through safety filters
* See numerous planets
* Learn to identify stars and constellations
* Open & globular star clusters:
* Planetary nebulae and galaxies
* Observe through a large variety of telescopes


List of Events and Presentations:

(Note this years program is sill being planned. Take a look at past years program)
5:00 PM Solar observing (activity)
7:00 How I Got Started in Astronomy (talk)
7:30 Fun Astronomy Demonstrations
8:00 Cosmology Today (talk)
8:30 Light Pollution (talk)
9:00 The Apollo Landing Sites on the Moon (talk)
9:30 Current Exploration of Mars (talk)
10:00 Observing with Telescopes (activity)
11:00 Tour of the Night Sky (activity)

 

For more information call (989) 790-5280 (Saginaw County Parks)

Maps: (click to view larger image)

Sponsored by Sunset Astronomical
Society Saginaw County Parks and Recreation
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