| Saturday, October 8th, 2005 Dusk - Midnight Basin Recreation/Utah Skies Star Party |
Trailside Park 5715 Trailside Drive, Park City, UT guest scopes/optics encouraged |
Co-sponsored by the Snyderville Basin Special Recreation District and Utah Skies, this public star party will provide young and old views of a lifetime. Come see the planets Jupiter and Mars as well as numerous galaxies, star clusters, nebulae, and much more. The venue at Trailside Park provides some of the best viewing conditions in Park City, so come see what's up! Dress warmly, and feel free to bring your telescope or binoculars. |
| Saturday, September 10th, 2005 Dusk - Midnight Basin Recreation/Utah Skies Star Party |
Trailside Park 5715 Trailside Drive, Park City, UT guest scopes/optics encouraged |
Co-sponsored by the Snyderville Basin Special Recreation District and Utah Skies, this public star party will provide young and old views of a lifetime. Come see the planets Jupiter and Mars as well as numerous galaxies, star clusters, nebulae, and much more. The venue at Trailside Park provides some of the best viewing conditions in Park City, so come see what's up! Dress warmly, and feel free to bring your telescope or binoculars. |
| Friday, August 5th, 2005 Dusk - 1:00am Basin Recreation/Utah Skies Star Party Note that this event will take place on a Friday night... instead of the usual Saturday night. |
Trailside Park 5715 Trailside Drive, Park City, UT guest scopes/optics encouraged |
Co-sponsored by the Snyderville Basin Special Recreation District and Utah Skies, this public star party will provide young and old views of a lifetime. Come see the mmon along with the planets Venus & Jupiter plus numerous galaxies, star clusters, nebulae, and much more. The venue at Trailside Park provides some of the best viewing conditions in Park City, so come see what's up! Dress warmly, and feel free to bring your telescope or binoculars. |
| Saturday, July 9th, 2005 Dusk - 1:00am Basin Recreation/Utah Skies Star Party |
Trailside Park 5715 Trailside Drive, Park City, UT guest scopes/optics encouraged |
Co-sponsored by the Snyderville Basin Special Recreation District and Utah Skies, this public star party will provide young and old views of a lifetime. Come see the planets Jupiter and Mars as well as numerous galaxies, star clusters, nebulae, and much more. The venue at Trailside Park provides some of the best viewing conditions in Park City, so come see what's up! Dress warmly, and feel free to bring your telescope or binoculars. |
| Saturday, June 11th, 2005 Dusk - 1:00am Basin Recreation/Utah Skies Star Party |
Trailside Park 5715 Trailside Drive, Park City, UT guest scopes/optics encouraged |
Co-sponsored by the Snyderville Basin Special Recreation District and Utah Skies, this public star party will provide young and old views of a lifetime. Come see the planets Saturn & Jupiter as well as numerous galaxies, star clusters, nebulae, and much more. The venue at Trailside Park provides some of the best viewing conditions in Park City, so come see what's up! Dress warmly, and feel free to bring your telescope or binoculars. |
| Saturday, March 26th, 2005 8:00pm (7:30pm arrivals requested) Swaner Nature Preserve Park City |
Swaner Nature Preserve Park City, UT Directions: The office is the red stone house you face just as you turn on to Glenwild. |
Full Moon Snowshoe. Sponsored by the Swaner Nature Preserve... Utah Skies will be on hand with telescopes to point out some of the wonders of the winter sky... including the Moon and the planets Jupiter & Saturn. For more information or to reserve your spot: Contact Carolyn Alder: 435.649.1767 |
| Wednesday, February 16th, 2005 6-8pm Sheldon Richens Building 6505 N. Landmark Dr Park City, |
Citizens Allied for Responsible Growth (CARG) Park City, UT Directions: |
The PRI/SLR Town Center Development proposed for Kimball Junction on what was parking for the Olympics could amount to more than 700,000 sq ft of commercial and residential construction. This proposal can't be allowed to make an already bad nighttime lighting situation at Kimball Junction worse. Please attend this public open house to let your concerns be heard and help save our wonderful rural mountain environment. |
| Saturday, February 12th, 2005 8:00pm (7:30pm arrivals requested) Swaner Nature Preserve Park City |
Swaner Nature Preserve Park City, UT Directions: The office is the red stone house you face just as you turn on to Glenwild. |
"Almost" New Moon Snowshoe. Sponsored by the Swaner Nature Preserve... Utah Skies will be on hand with telescopes to point out some of the wonders of the winter sky. Highlights will include The Orion Nebula, The Double Cluster in Perseus and the planet Saturn. For more information or to reserve your spot: Contact Carolyn Alder: 435.649.1767 |
| Saturday, January 8th, 2005 8:00pm (7:30pm arrivals requested) Swaner Nature Preserve Park City |
Swaner Nature Preserve Park City, UT Directions: The office is the red stone house you face just as you turn on to Glenwild. |
New Moon Snowshoe. Sponsored by the Swaner Nature Preserve... Utah Skies will be on hand with telescopes to point out some of the wonders of the winter sky. For more information or to reserve your spot: Contact Carolyn Alder: 435.640.3948 |
| Tuesday, Friday, Tuesday November 2, 5, 9 Jeremy Ranch Elementary, Parley's Park Elementary, Trailside Elementary Schools Park City, Utah |
Trailside Park 5715 Trailside Drive, Park City, UT guest scopes/optics encouraged |
 Utah Skies recently used the moons late arrival to our advantage when we paid a visit to a few groups of 3rd graders in the Park City School District. (Jeremy Ranch, Parley's Park & Trailside Elementary Schools) Responding to a request by Park City Schools Science Coordinator Meri-lyn Stark, Utah Skies did a short lunar studies presentation for the kids… then took them all outside to view the moon through a pair of telescopes. Thanks to all who participated and made the event a great success! |
| Saturday October 16th, 2004 7:00pm-11:00pm Basin Recreation/Utah Skies Star Party |
Trailside Park 5715 Trailside Drive, Park City, UT guest scopes/optics encouraged |
 Co-sponsored by the Snyderville Basin Special Recreation District and Utah Skies, this public star party will provide young and old views of a lifetime. Come see planets, stars, galaxies, star cluster, nebulae, and much more. The venue at Trailside Park provides some of the best viewing conditions in Park City, so come see what's up! Dress warmly, and feel free to bring your telescope, binoculars or just your imagination. |
| Saturday September 18th, 2004 8:00pm-midnight Basin Recreation/Utah Skies Star Party |
Trailside Park 5715 Trailside Drive, Park City, UT guest scopes/optics encouraged |
Co-sponsored by the Snyderville Basin Special Recreation District and Utah Skies, this public star party will provide young and old views of a lifetime. Come see planets, stars, galaxies, star cluster, nebulae, and much more. The venue at Trailside Park provides some of the best viewing conditions in Park City, so come see what's up! Dress warmly, and feel free to bring your telescope, binoculars or just your imagination. |
| Friday August 20th, 2004 9:00pm-1:00am Basin Recreation/Utah Skies Star Party |
Trailside Park 5715 Trailside Drive, Park City, UT guest scopes/optics encouraged |
Co-sponsored by the Snyderville Basin Special Recreation District and Utah Skies, this public star party will provide young and old views of a lifetime. Come see planets, stars, galaxies, star cluster, nebulae, and much more. The venue at Trailside Park provides some of the best viewing conditions in Park City, so come see what's up! Dress warmly, and feel free to bring your telescope or binoculars. |
| July 24th, 2004 10:00pm-1:00am Basin Recreation/Utah Skies Star Party |
Trailside Park 5715 Trailside Drive, Park City, UT guest scopes/optics encouraged |
Co-sponsored by the Snyderville Basin Special Recreation District and Utah Skies, this public star party will provide young and old views of a lifetime. Come see planets, stars, galaxies, star cluster, nebulae, and much more. The venue at Trailside Park provides some of the best viewing conditions in Park City, so come see what's up! Dress warmly, and feel free to bring your telescope or binoculars. |
| May 22nd, 2004 9:00pm-1:00am Basin Recreation/Utah Skies Star Party |
Trailside Park 5715 Trailside Drive, Park City, UT guest scopes/optics encouraged |
Co-sponsored by the Snyderville Basin Special Recreation District and Utah Skies, this public star party will provide young and old views of a lifetime. Come see planets, stars, galaxies, star cluster, nebulae, and much more. The venue at Trailside Park provides some of the best viewing conditions in Park City, so come see what's up! Dress warmly, and feel free to bring your telescope or binoculars. |
| May 13-16, 2004 Desert Sun Star Party (Not a Utah Skies event) |
Caballo Loco Ranch Three Points, AZ
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For more information, visit (http://chartmarker.tripod.com/sunset.htm) |
| April 22nd, 2004 7:00pm Summit County Light Pollution Forum Presented By Utah Skies / Citizens Allied for Responsible Growth
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Sheldon Richens Library Bldg Kimball Junction, Park City, UT
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Utah Skies and CARG will be hosing a light pollution forum Thrusday evening… April 22nd at 7:00pm at the Richens Library Bldg at Kimball Junction. Find out more about the problems associated with light pollution… as well as some simple solutions. We’ll have a lighting engineer and designer on hand to cover the technical details… while Utah Skies covers the energy waste, environmental pollution, light trespass, aesthetic and cultural issues of this growing worldwide problem. Mark your calendar… we hope to see you there. |
| January 23rd, 2004 8:00-9:00pm Reservations Required
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Swaner Nature Preserve Park City, UT
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New Moon Snowshoe. Sponsored by the Swaner Nature Preserve... Utah Skies will be on hand with telescopes to point out some of the wonders of the winter sky. For more information or to reserve your spot: call 435.649.1SNP or e-mail admin@swanernaturepreserve.org |
| October 9th, 2003 8:00pm Private: Utah Skies & Park City Cub Scouts
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Trailside Park 5715 Trailside Drive, Park City, UT
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 Utah Skies would like to thank the Park City Cub Scouts for inviting us to Star Party with them |
| September 27th, 2003 7:00pm until 11:00pm Basin Recreation/Utah Skies Star Party
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Trailside Park 5715 Trailside Drive, Park City, UT guest scopes/optics encouraged |
Co-sponsored by the Snyderville Basin Special Recreation District and Utah Skies, this public star party will provide young and old views of a lifetime. Come see planets, stars, galaxies, star cluster, nebulae, and much more. The venue at Trailside Park provides some of the best viewing conditions in Park City, so come see what's up! Dress warmly, and feel free to bring your telescope or binoculars. |
| August 1st, 2003 9:00pm until 1:00am Basin Recreation/Utah Skies Star Party
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Trailside Park 5715 Trailside Drive, Park City, UT guest scopes/optics encouraged |
Co-sponsored by the Snyderville Basin Special Recreation District and Utah Skies, this public star party will provide young and old views of a lifetime. Come see planets, stars, galaxies, star cluster, nebulae, and much more. The venue at Trailside Park provides some of the best viewing conditions in Park City, so come see what's up! Dress warmly, and feel free to bring your telescope or binoculars. |
| July 5th, 2003 Basin Recreation/Utah Skies Star Party
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Trailside Park Park City, UT guest scopes/optics encouraged |
Co-sponsored by the Snyderville Basin Special Recreation District and Utah Skies, this public star party will provide young and old views of a lifetime. Come see planets, stars, galaxies, star cluster, nebulae, and much more. The venue at Trailside Park provides some of the best viewing conditions in Park City, so come see what's up! Dress warmly, and feel free to bring your telescope or binoculars. |
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May 1st-4th, 2003 (Not a Utah Skies event) |
Kartchner Cavern State Park Campground just outside of Benson, AZ | For more information, visit (http://chartmarker.tripod.com/sunset.htm) |
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21 March 2003, 7pm |
The King's English Book Shop 1511 South 1500 East SLC, UT 84105 (801) 484-9100 |
Here's your chance to meet with Dr. William K. Hartmann to discuss his new book "A Traveler's Guide to Mars". Dr. Hartmann is known internationally as a scientist, writer, and painter. In 1998 he won the first Carl Sagan Medal from the American Astronomical Society. He is currently a Participating Scientist in the U.S. Mars Global Surveyor Mission, and lives in Tucson, Arizona. |
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March 2003, Private: Utah Skies and the Park City Girl Scouts |
North Shore: Park City |  Utah Skies would like to thank the Park City Girl Scouts for inviting us to Star Party with them. Many of the girls received their astronomy merit badges for the event. |
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22 February 2003, 6:00pm Due to inclement weather , we've been forced to cancel the viewing portion of the event. The snowshoe and dinner are still on. |
Wasatch Mountain State Park, UT guest scopes encouraged Click Here for directions and a map to the Lodge at Soldier Hollow. If you're going to bring a telescope, you should plan on getting to the lodge no later than 7:00pm to allow time to setup |
Sponsored by the Friends of Wasatch Mountain State Park, an incredible unmooned hike/dinner/starparty adventure starts aboard the Heber Valley Railroad at 6:00 p.m. for a train ride to the Soldier Hollow platform. We will then take a one mile hike to the Lodge for dinner. After dinner, Utah Skies will have telescopes setup for your viewing pleasure. Then, we will hike back down to the platform, get on the train and return to the depot. Price for this adventure is $15 for members of Friends and $25 for non-members. Reservations are required for the train and, if required, snowshoes. We have to have a minimum of 100 people. Since this is an unmooned evening, without a doubt, bring a flashlight. You will receive a reminder the first week of February. Any questions, call Gaylyn at (435) 654-4730. Check out our viewing guide for the night, and if you have a scope, bring it!!! |
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12 October 2002, 8:00pm to 2:00am |
Trailside Park 5715 Trailside Drive, Park City, UT (I80 East to US40 South. Take Silver Summit Exit West to the park's lower soccer field) Here's a map guest scopes encouraged |
Come and see some amazing astronomical wonders. We'll start the evening with the moon which will be at first quarter (half full). We'll explore the many deep sky treasures that inhabit the fall sky. Objects such as the Andromeda Galaxy, The Double Cluster and more. We'll even take a peak at the ringed planet Saturn which should be visible by about 11:00pm. Check out our viewing guide for the night, and if you have a scope, bring it!!! |
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31 August 2002, 9:00pm to 1:00am |
Trailside Park 5715 Trailside Drive, Park City, UT (I80 East to US40 South. Take Silver Summit Exit West to the park's lower soccer field) Here's a map guest scopes encouraged |
Come and see some of the amazing deep sky wonders which inhabit the summer sky. Check out our viewing guide for the night, and if you have a scope, bring it!!! |
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3 August 2002, 9:30pm to 1:30am |
Trailside Park 5715 Trailside Drive, Park City, UT (I80 East to US40 South. Take Silver Summit Exit West to the park's lower soccer field) Here's a map guest scopes encouraged |
Come and see some of the amazing deep sky wonders which inhabit the summer sky. Check out our viewing guide for the night, and if you have a scope, bring it!!! |
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10 June 2002, 6:00pm to 8:00pm |
Trailside Park 5715 Trailside Drive, Park City, UT (I80 East to US40 South. Take Silver Summit Exit West to the park's lower soccer field) Here's a map guest scopes (equipped with solar filters) welcome |
Come and safely view a partial solar eclipse. On this evening 55% of the Sun will be covered by the Moon. |
 Sunwatchers enjoying the eclipse at Park City's Trailside Park. |
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4 May 2002, 9:00pm to 1:00am |
Trailside Park 5715 Trailside Drive, Park City, UT (I80 East to US40 South. Take Silver Summit Exit West to the park's lower soccer field) Here's a map guest scopes welcome |
Come and beautiful planetary alignment in the western sky taking shape after sundown involving all the "classical" planets. Check out our viewing guide for the night, and if you have a scope, bring it!!! |
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22 March 2002, 7:30pm to 10pm |
Trailside Park 5715 Trailside Drive, Park City, UT (Located on the I80 East service road between the Park City and Jeremy Ranch exits.) guest scopes welcome |
Come and start the stargazing season early with views of the moon, the planets Jupiter and Saturn, plus a few deep sky treats. Donations to benefit the Ecker Hill Middle School Astronomy Club. Check out our viewing guide for the night, and if you have a scope, bring it!!! |