Suncoast Stargazers, Inc.

Public Stargazing

Saturday, March 8, 2025

Event

Information for Visitors

Location Details

Robinson Preserve
Manatee County, Florida Preserve
10299 9th Avenue Northwest
Bradenton, FL 34209
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county park/preserve

Event Report

Comments and anecdotes about the event:
This was our monthly public stargazing event at Robinson Preserve in Bradenton Florida. We had a record setting 19 telescopes on the field!!! Many attendees got to see Mercury before it set by 7:30 PM. Jupiter, Venus, Mars and a waxing Gibbous Moon were also highlights of the evening.
Photo From Public Stargazing
Members are set up and the public begins to arrive at our stargazing event on March 8th at Robinson preserve in Bradenton Florida. We had a record setting 19 telescopes on the field!!! Photo by Ed McDonough.
Photo From Public Stargazing
An attendee views Mercury on March 8th at our public event at Robinson Preserve in Bradenton Florida. A large crowd estimated at 175 looked through our telescopes throughout the evening. Photo by Ed McDonough.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Sat 2/21/2026
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Eastern 		Public Stargazing Robinson Preserve
10299 9th Avenue Northwest Bradenton, FL
Wed 2/25/2026
7 p.m. - 8 p.m. Eastern 		Monthly Zoom
Sat 3/7/2026
7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Eastern 		Public Stargazing Myakka River State Park
13208 State Road 72 Sarasota Florida 34241 Myakka City, FL
Sat 3/21/2026
8 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Eastern 		Public Stargazing Robinson Preserve
10299 9th Avenue Northwest Bradenton, FL