Sunset at 8:32 pm. Saturn, Neptune, Jupiter & Uranus are nice moring objects along with a thin crescent Moon that rises jsut prior to sunrise. Immediately after sunset and with a little luck, Mercury may be visible for a few minutes. Venus and Mars will also be visible right after sunset. Venus displays a very nice, thin cresent in the telescope. Once it gets dark enough, we will target the Garnet Star, a very red, super giant star and Gamma Delphini (a double star) and M51 (the Whirlpool Galaxy), a colliding pair of galaxies. These will be among the featured objects along with many other open clusters and globular clusters, weather permitting.
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Earlier Event: July 8
Illiniwek Campground
Later Event: August 19
August Astronomy Night