August 9, 2012 Veterans Park hosts astronomy night

Anonymous Cordele Dispatch The Cordele Dispatch Thu Aug 09, 2012, 02:00 PM EDT

Cordele Georgia Veterans State Park will host an astronomy night Saturday, Aug. 11 from 9 to 11 p.m. on the astronomy field south of the airplane exhibit.

Participants should pick up star charts and other information and pay the $1 program fee at the park office.

Meteors from the Perseid meteor shower will be at their peak. Also visible that evening will be Saturn, Mars and first magnitude stars such as Arcturus, Antares and Vega.

Telescopes and astronomical binoculars will be set up in the astronomy field, but visitors may bring their own eqiupment if they wish.

This program is dependent on the weather and may be cancelled due to cloud cover, rain or lightning.

More information is available by calling the park office at 276-2371.

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