Public Night • Powell Observatory

Name: Public Night • Powell Observatory
Start: 2025-08-23T20:30:00-05:00
Location: 26500 Melrose St, Louisburg, KS 66053, United States

Schedule

Sat, 23 Aug, 2025 at 08:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

26500 Melrose St, Louisburg, KS 66053, United States | Louisburg, KS

Join us for a night under the stars at Powell Observatory! Bring your lawn chairs and enjoy our feature presentation on the lawn with ASKC member Jack Johnson's, "Intro to Astrophotography" followed by amazing astro-imaging and guided star tour!
Following our feature presentation (cloud-cover and weather permitting), take a look through the star of our show, the largest telescope in the 5-state area, THE RUISINGER! Make memories with family and friends and enjoy the night sky with us!
ASKC MEMBERS always FREE!
Suggested Donation:
12 & Over $10
Ages 5-11 $5
Kids under 5: Free
**NO PETS, PLEASE**
OBSERVATORY ETIQUETTE: No white lights: headlights, flashlights, flash photography, etc. allowed on observatory grounds. Please park in the lot across the street, north of the facility.
• 𝐈𝐟 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝𝐲, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝.
• 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲-𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐧𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐡𝐨𝐥 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐦𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠/𝐯𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬.
• 𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭/𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬.
• 𝐍𝐎 𝐏𝐄𝐓𝐒 𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄!
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