UNC Asheville will be part of a statewide star viewing party and host a solar observing event as part of the North Carolina Science Festival in April.
The events are free and open to the public, presented jointly by the UNC Asheville Department of Physics and the Astronomy Club of Asheville.
The solar observing event is scheduled to take place on UNC Asheville’s main quad from noon – 2 p.m. on Friday, April 8, and will include safely observing the sun through telescopes with a variety of filters to see sunspots, prominences and more.
The star viewing party will begin at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 9th at UNC Asheville’s Lookout Observatory. Participants will use telescopes to view the moon, Jupiter, star clusters and galaxies. Parking will be available in the Reuter Center lot (P10). Shuttles will run at regular intervals to transport people to and from the observatory. Registration is already full for this event. To join the waiting list for this and future star gazing events, please visit lookoutobservatory.unca.edu.
The events are part of the North Carolina Science Festival, a two-week statewide series of events showcasing science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
For more information about the North Carolina Science Festival, visit ncsciencefestival.org. For information on the events at UNC Asheville, including the latest updates regarding cloudy weather and possible cancellations, visit lookoutobservatory.unca.edu.