Spring Star Party

Placitas Community Library’s spring Star Party will be April 5, beginning at 6pm with Solar viewing. At 7pm The Albuquerque Astronomical Society (TAAS) own Star Master teach us about the multitude of star which will be in view that night—  First Quarter Moon, the planets Uranus, Jupiter and Mars, bright stars…..Sirius, Procyon, Rigel, Betelgeuse, Regulus, Capella, and Arcturus…..and a number of open and globular star clusters. By then the sky will be dark and the stars will have begun to show themselves. Viewing will continue into the night. There will be a variety of types and sizes of telescopes to guide you to the wonders of our dark skies.