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Special Event
- Saturday, September 20, 2014
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Great Basin National Park
Astronomy Festival
September 18-20, 2014
oin park rangers and experience out of this world family fun, excitement, and learn about day and nighttime astronomy. Here at Great Basin National Park we have some of the best air quality in the nation which translates to clear daytime skies, and incredibly dark night skies.
Don't have your own telescope? There will be many telescopes of different makes, shapes, and sizes for you and your family to look at the sun, stars, planets and other deep sky objects including nebulae and galaxies.
Saturday September 20, 2014
12:00PM - Astronomy 101: Astronomy for Beginners and Everyone
1:00PM - Solar Telescope Viewing & Solar Bracelet Making
2:30PM - Kid's Program - Discovering Light: Life in the Infrared!
3:00PM - How to Use a Planisphere with Dark Ranger Steve
6:30PM - Celebrate Great Basin's Dark Skies with the Dark Rangers
7:30PM - Kid's Program: Deep Space Observing Certificate! (Picnic Area)
8:00PM - Star Gaze with Astronomers/Telescope Viewing (Picnic Area)
8:00PM - Consellation Tour (Picnic Area)
9:00PM - Star Stories Talk (Picnic Area)
...more events are still being scheduled |
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Great Basin National Park
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