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Memorial Day Weekend Star Party

Even though it’s the start of Memorial Day Weekend, we have decided to have a star party this Saturday, June 28, 2016, at Brower Observatory. It will be dark enough to begin observing by 9:00pm, but earlier setup is always welcome. If it’s cloudy on the 28th, the make-up party will be at DRA instead of Brower, on June 4th.

Per usual, weather reports are mixed, but the consensus is that there will be some or many clouds, and a sprinkle or a deluge of rain. By the Rules of Astronomy, the only sure way to guarantee clear skies is to expect bad weather, so perhaps we’ll get to meet after all!

I shall be releasing a schedule soon for all star parties through March of 2017. This is an immensely complex year for scheduling, with an unusual number of holidays and festivals coinciding with new moons. If the weather is kind to us, we could still have more star parties than we have in years past, when clouds and storms cancelled so many.

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