Astronomy Day at The Herrett Center

The Herrett Center will be hosting its annual Astronomy Day events on Saturday May 2^nd. Our club, Magic Valley Astronomical Society, will be assisting throughout the day. During a break in the days events will be the monthly Astronomy club meeting. Please use the schedule below to better assist you.

1:00-3:00 Space and Astronomy Videos/Frost-Eccles Library

1:00-5:00 Space & Astronomy Make-n-Take Activities, Puzzles, and Coloring Pages/Rick Allen Room

Water Bottle Rocket Construction & Launch/Rick Allen Room & East Lawn

1:00-6:00 Solar & Daytime Target Viewing/Centennial Observatory (weather permitting)

Self-guided Scale Model of the Solar System/North College Road Fitness Trail

2:00 “Blown Away – The Wild World of Weather”/Faulkner Planetarium

4:00 “Mystery of the Missing Seasons w/ Live Sky Tour”/Faulkner Planetarium

4:00-7:00 Space and Astronomy Videos/Frost-Eccles Library

7:00 “Bad Astronomy – Myths and Misconceptions”/Faulkner Planetarium

7:00 Magic Valley Astronomical Society monthly meeting, “Barringer Impact Crater” by club president Terry Wofford

8:15 “Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon”/Faulkner Planetarium

8:30-12:00 Star Party/Centennial Observatory (weather permitting)

Magic Valley Astronomical Society

If you live in the South-central portion of the state of Idaho, and you have a fondness towards Astronomy, allow me to invite you to come out to the monthly meetings of the Magic Valley Astronomical Society!

We meet every 2nd Saturday of the month in the Rick Allen Room at the Herrett Center on the CSI Campus.

Meetings start at 7PM and run for approximately an hour. Afterwards is a free star party in the adjacent observatory.

Come on out! We hope to see you there!