A Night Under the Stars! 

• Waxing Gibbous Moon; Full Moon/Super moon-October’s Moon Phases;
•  Orionids Meteor Shower; where are the Comets and Asteroids?
•  Mercury and Venus are the prominent planets but set early;
•  See the Milky Way’s Summer Triangle and other asterisms;
•  Witness the Late Summer and Fall (plus Circumpolar) Constellations.

Objectives:  

• Learn basic beginner astronomy facts, concepts, and techniques.
• Locate and understand featured celestial/astronomical events.
• Locate and identify common Constellations and Asterisms.
• Learn to use a Star Map and a Planisphere.
• Bring Binoculars for easy “naked eye” Deep Space Objects.

Place: Mahnita Boyden-Wofford Amphitheater. Double Peak Park, 910 Double Peak Drive, 92078