The University of Illinois Springfield’s Friday night Star Parties will begin Friday, March 26, and continue through April 30 (excluding April 9), weather permitting.
Star Parties are held from 8 to 10 p.m. in the UIS observatory.
Conducted by UIS assistant professor of astronomy and physics John Martin, the Star Parties will use three telescopes to view a number of celestial objects, including the planets Mars and Saturn, the Orion Nebula, and the moon, when visible. Other double stars and star clusters will also be viewed.
Star Parties were featured in a March 12, 2010, article in the State Journal-Register.
Download a PDF of this article:
20100312-SJR-Star-Parties-at-UIS.pdf
