This public Stargaze event is authorized by the City of Duvall Parks & Recreation Department.  The event is free of charge and located at Field #2 of the Big Rock Ball Fields in Duvall (28460 NE Big Rock Road).
 
Experienced astronomer volunteers from the Seattle Astronomical Society (SAS) bring their telescopes to share with the public.  Everyone is welcome, including families with children.  Feel free to bring your own telescope!
 
Please practice good dark sky etiquette when attending this event. Park in the lower lot near the street.  If that lot is full please park in the lot as far from the middle field as you can with your headlights facing away from the fields.  Bring red flashlights only, or cover your flashlight with red light filter film or a red translucent plastic.  It can take 20-40 minutes for night vision to be restored if a bright white light illuminates the telescope field.

For those setting up telescopes, the field lights will remain on between 7:00pm and 8:00pm after the sporting events. Field lights will turn off at 8:00pm.  Field #2 (the middle field) will be used for public stargazing.  Field #1 (the NE field farthest from the road) is reserved for astrophotographers to set up their equipment to avoid confusion as to which telescopes are available for visual stargazing. 

This month's star gaze will feature a Messier Marathon for those bringing telescopes to find and document at least 50 Messier objects to obtain a certificate of acheiverment from SAS.

Competition Log: Include your name, email, location, telescope description, and seeing conditions at the start of the logbook or document. For each successive object include the Messier number, coordinates (RA/Dec), date/time, and a description of what you see. Astrophotographers need to include an image with the description. Visual observers are encouraged to make a sketch.

Check the SAS website (www.seattleastro.org) for star gazing event status.  If weather conditions force cancellation of an event, that news will be posted no later than 12PM (noon) the day of the event.

Please note that no food or drink are allowed on the fields.