The Largest Telescope in the Tri-Cities
To be Unveiled at Imerman Park.

“A Night Under the Stars” begins at 4:00 pm Saturday night.

May 7, 2005
By: O. J. Cunningham

The largest telescope in the Tri-Cities will be unveiled at Imerman Park on May 14 in Saginaw.

"A Night Under the Stars" begins at 4:00 pm Saturday night and concludes at dawn Sunday. This yearly event, sponsored by the Sunset Astronomical Society, is an opportunity for families and individuals to look through telescopes and learn about the night sky and See Jupiter and Saturn through a telescope.

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Featured at the event will be the public unveiling of the club's new 25 inch telescope - the largest telescope in the Tri-City area.

Highlights of the evening include:

**Looking through telescopes to see Jupiter, Saturn, galaxies and more

**Touring the night sky to learn to identify stars and constellations


**Seeing the Star Lab Planetarium Show from the Alden B. Dow Museum of Science & Art

**Strolling through a scale model of the solar system

**Listening to presentations geared to the beginning star gazer. Presentations include talks about getting started in astronomy, how to star gaze, how cool is Outer Space, making a comet, and A Tour of the Keck, the world's largest telescope.

Cost of parking will be $2.00 per vehicle.

For more information, visit the Sunset Astronomical Web Site



Pictured above is the 25 inch scope and 4 club members. From left to right . . . Pat Ray, Saginaw, Kevin Dehne, Saginaw, Joe Bruessow, Kawkawlin and Bill Albe, Midland