June 1, 2017

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The MSUB star party will be held at the BLM Acton Recreation Area, pictured here.

Photo courtesy BLM Billings Field Office.

 

NOTE: Star Party rescheduled for June 23... more.

 

MSUB announces Second Annual Star Party

Public invited to star gazing event at dusk, June 9, at the BLM Acton Recreation Area

 

Contacts:

Stuart Snyder, Ph.D., professor of physics, 657-2190

University Relations, 657-2266

 

MSU BILLINGS NEWS SERVICES 鈥� Star clusters, galaxies and planets, oh my!

 

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Come out and join 麻豆官网首页入口免费 University faculty and students for the Second Annual Star Party June 9 at the Bureau of Land Management Acton Recreation Area.

 

The public is invited to this free event and encouraged to bring lawn chairs, hot dogs and other campfire treats as a campfire will be set.

 

The University will be providing 8-inch, 10-inch and 12-inch diameter telescopes for public use and MSUB Professor of Physics Stuart Snyder anticipates the clear summer sky to be perfect for viewing deep space objects.

 

鈥淭hat week Jupiter and Saturn will be out and it鈥檚 also a full moon,鈥� he said. 鈥淭he moons of Jupiter should be visible and if we鈥檙e lucky, maybe we鈥檒l get to see the planet鈥檚 red spot.鈥�

 

Jupiter鈥檚 Great Red Spot is the planet鈥檚 most noticeable feature. Technically a storm on the planet, it is 12,400 miles long and 7,500 miles wide.

 

Participants should also be able to view Saturn鈥檚 main moon and have excellent sights of Earth鈥檚 moon.

 

鈥淭he surface of our moon is kind of weird,鈥� Snyder said.

 

Last year, roughly 30 people attended MSU Billings鈥� Star Party and Snyder hopes even more come out this year.

 

*Get there: From Acton, heading west from Billings on Highway 3, and between mile markers 18 and 19, turn right on Oswald Road. Turn right at Birkley Road. Follow Star Party signs. Continue through gate, just close behind you.