Little Colorado River Valley Astronomy Club

Star Party Winslow Homolovi Observatory

Saturday, October 18, 2025

Event

Monthly Star Party, 3rd Saturday of month. Guest speakers and telescope viewing weather permitting.   

Winter hrs. 6 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. MDT   September, October, November

Summer hrs. 7 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. MDT   April, May, June, July August 

For current events visit:  AZStateparks.com/stars ,   lcrvac.org  (Little Colorado River Valley Astronomy Club). 

Date: Saturday, October 18, 2025

Time: 6 p.m. Mountain

Location: Homolovi State Park
State Route 87 N. Milepost 347
Winslow, AZ 86047

Information for Visitors
Instructions for the Public:

Join us for our monthly star party and guest speaker (weather permitting) for an evening under a canopy of stars. View planets, deep space nebula and more through the Moore Telescope at the Winslow Homolovi Observatory at Homolovi State Park in Winslow, Arizona. For latest events visit us online at azstateparks.com/stars and lcrvac.org

Location Details

Homolovi State Park
State Route 87 N. Milepost 347
Winslow, AZ 86047
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Event Report

Comments and anecdotes about the event:
Guest Speaker was Dr. Alex Polanski is a Percival Lowell Fellow at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, AZ, specializing in the discovery and characterization of extra-solar planets. He has contributed to the discovery of dozens of exoplanets through his research, which utilizes a combination of data from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and ground-based telescopes to constrain the properties of these distant worlds. His work has helped demonstrate that our solar system is different from many others. Alex has a PhD in Physics from the University of Kansas and a Bachelor's in Physics from the University of California, Santa Barbara.