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Public Star Party at Covington Community Park

Details

Public

Type: Star Party

Keywords: Star Party Public Free

Held on: Aug 17, 2018 (Fri) at 08:00 PM to Aug 17, 2018 (Fri) at 11:55 PM

Sunset Times:

  • Official at 08:16 PM
  • Civil at 08:50 PM
  • Nautical at 09:31 PM
  • Astronomical at 10:18 PM

Lunar Phase:

Location: 17649 SE 240th Street, Covington, WA 98042

Event Coordinator: David W. Ingram

Overview

Covington Parks & Recreation sponsors monthly star parties observing the moon, planets, constellations and interesting astronomical objects. Volunteer astronomers from the Seattle Astronomical Society and Boeing Employees' Astronomical Society will provide telescopes and assist guests of all ages to view available celestial objects of the season.
It is especially important to dress warmly and bring only dim, red lights. No white flashlights please.
Visit the Skymaps web site <www.skymaps.com> to discover the viewable objects for the current month. Print and bring your personal observing plan to the volunteer astronomers to see how many night sky objects you can see for yourself.

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Latitude 47.3863567, Longitude -122.1031641

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