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Public Star Party at Covington Community Park

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Public

Type: Star Party

Keywords: Star Party Public

Held on: Feb 28, 2020 (Fri) at 07:00 PM to Feb 28, 2020 (Fri) at 11:00 PM

Sunset Times:

  • Official at 05:51 PM
  • Civil at 06:22 PM
  • Nautical at 06:58 PM
  • Astronomical at 07:33 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 47.3861341, Longitude -122.1036742

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Covington Parks and Recreation sponsors monthly star parties observing the moon, planets, constellations and other interesting astronomical objects.  Volunteer astronomers from the Seatle Astronomical Society and the Boeing Employees' Astronomical Society will provide telescopes and assist guests of all ages to view seasonal objects.  

It is especially important to dress warmly and bring only dim red lights.  No white lights please.

Visit the Skymaps web site at <www.skymaps.> to discover the viewable objects for the current month.  Print the Skymaps for the month and bring ayour personal viewing plan to the volunteer astronomers and see how may night sky objects you can discover for yourself.

 

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