Paramount School Park Star Party

Name: Paramount School Park Star Party
Start: 2025-01-18T18:00:00-0800
End: 2025-01-18T22:00:00-0800
Location: 15300 8th Avenue Northeast

Details

Public

Type: Star Party

Keywords: Public Free

Held on: Jan 18, 2025 (Sat) at 06:00 PM to Jan 18, 2025 (Sat) at 10:00 PM

Sunset Times:

Official at 04:48 PM
Civil at 05:23 PM
Nautical at 06:01 PM
Astronomical at 06:38 PM

Lunar Phase:

Location: 15300 8th Avenue Northeast, Shoreline, WA 98155

Event Coordinator: Bill ONeil

Overview

This public "Star Party" event is authorized by the city of Shoreline, Parks & Recreation Department and is free of charge. Experienced astronomers from the Seattle Astronomical Society (SAS) volunteer their time, telescopes, and binoculars to share with the public. Everyone is welcome including families with children.

Dress warmly, bring a chair, blanket, hot drink, and binoculars if you have them. Red Flashlights are preferred, or wrap your white light flashlights with Red Tape or Cellophane to protect your night vision

Check the SAS website < www.seattleastro.org > frequently for star party event status. If poor weather conditions force the cancellation of an event, that news will be posted, not later than 4 PM the day of the event.

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Latitude 47.7401326, Longitude -122.3201913

More Information

Monthly "Skymaps" for identifying celestial targets and constellations along with a vast number of stargazing tools and publications can be found on website < www.skymaps.com >

More astronomy information on identifying monthly and seasonal celestial targets, training materials and observing challenges can be found on "Astronomical League" website < www.astroleague.org >

Globe at Night educational challenge materials on "dark sky preservation" and identifying light pollution can be found on website < www.globeatnight.org >

Paramount School Park Star Party coordinator is Bill O'Neil.

Announcements

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JAN

03

Covington Community Park Star Gaze

Fri at 08:00 PM
Open to Public

This Covington Community Park Star Gaze (star party event) scheduled for Jan 03, 2025, 08:00 PM is cancelled due to inclement weather. The class at the aquatic center is still happening!

14 days ago

Cancellation —

This Covington Community Park Star Gaze (star party event) scheduled for Jan 03, 2025, 08:00 PM is cancelled due to inclement weather.

The class at the aquatic center is still happening!

1 attending

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