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Event starts at sunset around 6:30 pm. What to bring: folding chair, red light or red flashlight (red light preserves night vision), sweater or jacket, enthusiasm to enjoy and conserve our beautiful night skies. Entrance fees: $6 per vehicle for the night of viewing, instruction and family fun. Come spend a cool evening with family and friends at the beautiful Kartchner Caverns State Park as astronomer and dark sky advocate, Mr. Robert (Bob) Gent and other local astronomers help Arizona State Parks host its 2nd "Star Night" event in Cochise County. Visit Jupiter and Venus through telescopes, and see close-up details of the craters of the moon. Explore the great globular cluster M13 in Hercules, composed of over 100,000 stars. See the M57 ring nebula found in the northern constellation of Lyra, the remnant of a star that exploded thousands of years ago. See stars, galaxies far, far away, and billions of years old.