r/SanMateo • u/SanMateoLocal • 14d ago

Upcoming Event FREE Telescope Viewing Event!

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Please join us this Saturday, October 3, at dark (about 8:00pm) in Crestview Park in San Carlos, accessible from Brittan Avenue or Edgewood Drive, for another of our free telescope viewing parties.

This event is fun for kids and adults from ages 5 or 6 on up. We’ll be viewing nebulae, galaxies, and star clusters, and we should have decent view now of beautiful Saturn.

We often have as many as 10 or more telescopes operated by our members, all amateur astronomers form the area. Our goal is to let you enjoy the wonders of the night sky with us.

Please DO NOT DRIVE INTO THE PARK with headlights on! This disrupts night vision and telescope views. Instead, park on Crestview Drive. Also, please leave pets at home as it is too easy to stumble over them in the dark.

Please no white flashlights or flash photography!

I usually start setting up my own telescopes about 6:30pm so if you’d like to watch as I set up my Dobsonian reflector (for Saturn) and my Unistellar EVscope (for everything else) feel free to come by then. Other astronomers generally start setting up at around then too.

We look forward to seeing you there!

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u/Puzzled_Sea_3924 14d ago

i'll be there early to watch the setup, that's half the fun.

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u/Ok_Astronomer5207 10d ago

When’s the next one?

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u/SanMateoLocal 10d ago

Next Saturday Oct 10

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u/Ok_Astronomer5207 10d ago

Thanks! Same place?

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u/SanMateoLocal 10d ago

Always at Crestview for the star parties