Star party at Wagman Observatory

October 1, 2012 12:04 am

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Large clusters of stars, colored double stars and the planets Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune are part of the show at the October Dark Sky/Moonrise Star Party sponsored by the Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh. It starts 7:15 p.m. Saturday at Nicholas E. Wagman Observatory, Deer Lakes Regional Park, Frazer, weather permitting.

The public also will be able to see the waning gibbous moon rise about 10:58 p.m. The observatory telescopes will be aimed at the Andromeda galaxy and double cluster in Perseus. Information: 724-224-2510.


First Published October 1, 2012 12:00 am

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