Rock Creek Park - Exploring the Sky (U.S. National Park Service)

Come See the Stars!

2008 Schedule

Month	Day	Time	Things of interest

April	5	8:30 p.m.	Dark Sky Week begins Sunday
May	3	9:00 p.m.	Saturn near Regulus; Astronomy Day 5/10
June	7	9:00 p.m.	Moon in the Beehive Cluster
July	12	9:00 p.m.	Mars and Saturn close (low in the western sky)
August	2	8:30 p.m.	Andromeda rising mid-evening
September	27	8:00 p.m.	Rock Creek Park day; Jupiter near the Teapot
October	18	7:30 p.m.	Moon 4 days past full; Orionoid meteors
November	1	7:00 p.m.	Andromeda; Tauroid meteor swarm possible

Exploring the Sky is an informal program that for nearly fifty years has offered monthly opportunities for anyone in the Washington area to see the stars and planets through telescopes from a location within the District of Columbia.

Sessions are held in Rock Creek Park once each month on a Saturday night from April through November, starting shortly after sunset. We meet in the field just south of the intersection of Military and Glover Roads NW, near the Nature Center. A parking lot is located immediately next to the field.

Beginners (including children) and experienced stargazers are all welcome—and it’s free!

Questions? Call the Nature Center at (202) 895-6070 or check the Internet sites: http://www.nps.gov/rocr/planyourvisit/planetarium.htm or http://www.capitalastronomers.org

A presentation of the National Park Service and National Capital Astronomers