The weather's looking good! Starfest is on for tonight!

Enjoy a Wonderful Evening of Astronomy
Presented by the Chesmont Astronomical Society

Where: Warwick County Park, On County Park Rd, left off Rt. 23,
about 3.5 mi. west of Rt. 100

When: Saturday, August 23, 2008, Starting at 4:00 PM till 11:30PM
Cloud date, Sunday August 24th

Come out and see the wonders of the Milky Way through many different telescopes.

Fun and Educational activities for the kids.

Guest Speakers and Astronomy Presentations

Drawing Prizes donated by these great companies include:

• Celestron: Sky90 Telescope and Skyscout Package
• Meade: MySky Plus & Series 5000 Eyepiece Set
• Orion: (2 pair) Savannah 10X50 Binos
• Skies Unlimited: Orion Skyquest XT8 Telescope
• Over $2000 in drawing prizes!!!
• Drawing tickets are $1 each or 6 tickets for $5

Admission is free and open to all ages, however Warwick Park will collect a $5 parking fee to defray their costs

Schedule of Events:

• 4:00 to 6:00 Telescope set-up/ Solar Observing
• 6:00 to 7:00 Kids Corner Educational Activities
• 7:00 to 7:30 "How to get your Picture in the NY Times!" by Robert Werkman
• 7:30 to 8:00 "What We'll See Tonight" by Martin Howe
• 8:00 to 8:30 Dark Sky Preservation by Rob Cordivari
• 8:30 to 9:30 Guest Speaker, Dr. Fronefield Crawford III, Franklin & Marshall College, "Stellar Death"
• 9:30 Drawing of the Grand Prize followed by...
• Public stargazing through Amateur Telescopes

To download our flier, click on the attachment, below. We hope to see you there!