Look up – join the Shreveport-Bossier Astronomical Society, Inc. to celebrate National Astronomy Day and the 35th Anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope with an evening observation session at the Shreveport Observatory on Saturday, May 3.
The observing session involves looking through telescopes at numerous astronomical objects. The evening observation session at Shreveport Observatory will be held from 8:pm to 10pm.
Numerous telescopes will be available to observe the Moon, Jupiter and its moons, Mars, as well as numerous galaxies, star clusters, double stars, nebula, and much more.
The Shreveport Observatory is located eight miles south of the LSU-Shreveport campus. Go south on Hwy. LA. 1 and right on Hwy. 175 for about 1.7 miles and left on Astronomical Way.
If the sky is clouded out or raining, the observing session will be canceled.
For additional information go to ShreveportAstronomy.com or contact Dr. Cran Lucas at 318-573-6929 or via email at cranlucas@gmail.com.