Attention all Starry Night Enthusiasts, young and young at heart! The 3rd Annual Star Watching Party at Snoqualmie Point Park (4th actually conducted over the years) has arrived for MSHS! With the aid of trained astronomers from the Boeing Employees Astronomical Society and the Tacoma Astronomical Society, come one-come all to the Mount Si Star Party where we will be observing the cosmos on a hopefully beautiful, clear, and dark starry night in the valley (weather permitting). On the designated evening of Friday June 3rd, our guest astronomers will be showing us many different celestial objects in the night sky relatively free of annoying light pollution often experienced by viewers in major cities and will be available to answer any and all questions as you learn more about astronomy.
This activity is sponsored by our Astronomy classes, UW Astronomy and Basic Astronomy, led by Kevin Knowles, and we hope to see all interested amateur astronomers there to enjoy the event. Thanks to the Snoqualmie Valley Foundation and our Mount Si science department, we now have a wonderful hands-on 11-inch Celestron Digital Cassegrain telescope for our astronomy students to work themselves in learning how to orient to and navigate the night sky. We plan to start the event upon sundown and a nicely dark sky at 8:00 PM and run the event to 12:00 AM or so at Snoqualmie Point Park, just off Exit 27 (park along entrance circle because the standard gates to the park will be closed). Hope to see you all there! In the meantime in memory of Jack Horkheimer, “The Star Hustler” and director of the Miami Planetarium, who always says on PBS short segments… “Keep looking up!” Any questions? Please call Mr. Knowles at 425-831-8124.
