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Star Party 2024 at Yegua Knobbs Preserve

October 12

October 12 @ 6:30 pm - 11:30 pm

6:30pm - 11:30pm

Back by popular demand, Yegua Knobbs Preserve in McDade, TX, will host a Star Party to view the night sky through powerful portable telescopes manned by passionate volunteer astronomers. See the waxing gibbous moon and other planets, galaxies, nebulae, star clusters, and more. Sky orientation program begins at 7 p.m.

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS should also be visible with the naked eye. This comment could reach magnitude -3 and become one of the brightest comets visible in the Northern Hemisphere in the last 100 years!

Event in partnership with Austin Astronomical Society.

Details

Date:
October 12
Time:
6:30 pm - 11:30 pm
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Website:
https://pplt.org/events/starpartyoct24

Organizer

Pines & Prairies Land Trust
Phone
(512) 308-1911
Email
info@pplt.org
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Venue

Yegua Knobbs Preserve
1106 Johnnie Baker Rd
McDade, TX 78650 United States
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