Omaha Area Star Parties in 2010

Stargazer · Last edited by Stargazer on Sat Jul 17, 2010 9:47 am; edited 1 time in total

FREE Public star gazing opportunities throughout the year... last night we had a couple of hundred people show up at our first Mahoney State Park star party. Great views of the first quarter moon, Saturn, Venus, Mars, globular clusters/galaxies/and more.

Astronomy in the Parks tour: 2010
Friday, May 28th, Bayliss Park, Council Bluffs
Saturday, June 19th, Downtown, Heartland of America Park
Friday, July 17th, Lake Zorinsky
Saturday, August 28th, Lake Cunningham
Friday, September 24th, Walnut Creek Recreation Area, Papilllion

Mahoney State Park star parties
Friday, June 18th
Friday, July 16th
Friday, August 20th
Friday, September 10th

We'll also be outside the Strategic Air and Space Museum the evening of Saturday, May 29th

Complete list of Omaha Astronomical Society events

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Stargazer · Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 11:26 am Post subject:

I'll be setup for some lunar/planetary viewing at Heartland of America Park Saturday night... in case anyone is in the area, stop by and say hello.

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Stargazer · Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 9:46 am Post subject:

A gorgeous (albeit a little muggy) night at Mahoney State Park last night... with about 200 people showing up.

We've got a stargazing twofer this weekend, with some sidewalk astronomy at Lake Zorinsky tonight (near soccer fields accessible via 156th and F Street entrance). Not the same dark skies which Mahoney has to offer, but we'll still have some fabulous views of the Moon, Saturn, Venus, and whatever brighter objects beyond the solar system we can dial up from this suburban location. Clear skies permitting of course. Smile

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Brad · Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 5:56 pm Post subject:

I sure hope it cools off for you Jeff. I still want to get to one of these. Actually, I want to get out to one of the really dark locations more!

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