CRESTLINE, OH (CRAWFORD COUNTY NOW)—On Saturday, October 26 at 7PM, join members of the Crawford Park Astronomy Club as they share their knowledge and telescope skills with all who are interested in celestial sights. Some of the targets for fall are:
Targets for Fall
The center of the Milky Way – the area our whole galaxy rotates around.
Lagoon Nebula (M8) – a giant gas cloud of our Milky Way, found 5,200 light-years away, and found in the constellation Sagittarius.
Trifid Nebula (M20) – also a giant gas cloud in the Milky Way, found 9,000 light-years away, and in the constellation Sagittarius.
Antares – “Scorpion’s Heart”, a giant red carbon star in Scorpius, found about 550 light-years away, and 10,000 times brighter than our sun!
M4 – a globular cluster of stars, discovered in 1746, and our closest globular cluster at just 5,500 light-years away,
Corona Borealis – “the Northern Crown”, 73rd constellation in size, and found between Boötes and Hercules.
There are a lot of other objects to view. What will be seen depends on what the clouds are doing.
Lowe-Volk Park is located 3 miles north of US Route 30. For information on other programs offered by the Crawford Park District, visit their website at crawfordpd.org or follow them on Facebook.