Event

Someone from TAS will be at Cypress Landing Astronomical Park tonight from 730 to 830 to look for the comet and provide views through big binoculars.  Please come out if you would like to watch with us! Last night we were able to see it for about half an hour, but it's getting dimmer each night.

Date: Sunday, October 20, 2024

Time: 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Eastern

Location: Cypress Landing & Astronomical Park
16900 Ro Co Co Road, Tallahassee
Tallahassee, FL

Information for Visitors
Instructions for the Public:

You may want to bring bug spray and binoculars.  Red colored lights are preferred to preserve night vision.  

Location Details

Event Report

Comments and anecdotes about the event:
We discovered after one of our members made an impromptu trip to our dark site, that visitors were using the site on their own to view the comet. So we scheduled an actual event to be sure we had members there. On the previous night, which was unscheduled, there were about 15 guests. This night there were fewer. We offered views of the comet through 11x80 binoculars, and edmund astroscan, a phtotography telescope, and of course naked eye. Also provided a laser pointer tour of the constellations.

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