Star Party and a Special Event

Saturday night, September 2nd is another Utah Skies star party at Park City’s Trailside Park, and coincidentally, European astronomers have planned a special event for the same time. The SMART-1 spacecraft is approaching the end of its very successful mission and is low on fuel, so its scientists are going to bring it down — by crashing it on the Moon! What’s more, amateur astronomers may be able to view the event from earth! The crash on the moon is planned for 11:41 MDT on the 2nd, so we’ll be set up on the basketball courts of the park with scopes trained on earth’s natural satellite hoping to see a flash of the crash. Bring your optics - binoculars, telescopes, cameras - and join us for the fun! Read more about the SMART-1 crash at NASA’s Science@Nasa website.