Astronomy magazine editors will be at Pima Community Colleges East Campus Saturday for an all-day family event for amateur astronomers. <\/p>\n
The Tucson Public Star Party runs from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the East Campus Observatory, 8181 E. Irvington Road. <\/p>\n
It will feature daytime and nighttime viewing, as well as illustrated talks and displays on a variety of subjects. <\/p>\n
The event is free and open to the public. <\/p>\n
About 200 people attended the 2013 event, the first that the magazine had held at the East Campus, according to a news release from the college. <\/p>\n
Members of the Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association will operate solar telescopes throughout the day, providing safe, high-quality views of visible features on the sun. Nighttime observing will begin about an hour after sunset, which is 6:04 p.m. <\/p>\n
The campus observatory will be open throughout the event, with its solar telescope tracking the sun during the day and its 14-inch telescope targeting deep-sky objects at night. The observatory also is home to the All Sky Camera, which offers a live 360-degree view of the sky. <\/p>\n
Attendees will be able to view the moon, Jupiter, the Pleiades star cluster and the Orion nebula. <\/p>\n
Speakers will include Amateur Astronomy Association President Keith Schlottmann; Scott Kardel of the International Dark Sky Association; Mike Reynolds, dean of liberal arts and sciences at Florida State College at Jacksonville and a contributing editor of Astronomy; and Astronomy Editor David J. Eicher. <\/p>\n
For more information, go to http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/pimaastronomy<\/a> or call 206-7694. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Read more here: <\/p>\n Family astronomy event is Saturday at PCC East<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Astronomy magazine editors will be at Pima Community Colleges East Campus Saturday for an all-day family event for amateur astronomers. The Tucson Public Star Party runs from 10 a.m Continue reading