Join the Department of Astronomy for live views of several targets from the dark skies at McDonald Observatory, starting at 7pm Central time. Your hosts Stephen Hummel and Saul Rivera will show you views from a camera attached to a research-grade 16" telescope at the Frank N. Bash Visitors Center. This will be a tour of our Milky Way and the Local Group of galaxies.

https://youtu.be/NM96M5Gpqt0

The targets, weather permitting, will be:

1. NGC 6888 - Crescent Nebula
2. NGC 6992 - Eastern Veil Nebula
3. NGC 6946 - Fireworks Galaxy
4. NGC 7662- Blue Snowball Nebula
5. NGC 281 - Pacman Nebula
6. NGC 253 - Sculptor Galaxy

Moderators in the live chat will be taking questions, and the host will take more at the end.

Can’t make the live stream? This event will be recorded and remain on the McDonald Observatory channel.

Hope for clear skies!