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September 2024
September 7 Star Party at Thompson’s Mill
On Saturday, September 7th, the EAS will host a star party at Thompson's Mills State Heritage Site, 1.7 miles east of the town of Shedd, Oregon. This is an excellent dark-sky site and the Moon will only be a couple days old, so expect to see plenty of deep-sky objects at this star party. The party officially starts at 7:00, but that's to give people time to tour the mill, which you should definitely do if you haven't done so…
Find out more »September 27 Third Quarter Friday Star Party
With the decommissioning of the College Hill Reservoir, our tradition of hosting "First Quarter Friday" star parties there has come to an end. We're not done with star parties, though! We've switched to Dexter State Park, and we're hosting them closer to the Moon's third quarter so we can take advantage of the darker sky out there. We're hosting one on Friday, August 30th (starting at 8:00), and again on September 27th (starting at 7:00). Dexter State Park is along…
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