PAC will be at the Illiniwek Forest Preserve Campgrounds tonight. Visit us for an evening of astronomy.
Sunset after 8:30 pm. The ghostly M57 (Ring Nebula), the remnants of a burned out, sunlike star, beautiful blue & gold double star Albireo and many other double stars will be visible. Fantastic globular clusters such as M13 (The Hercules Cluster) and M92 will grace the sky. Red Supergiant star La Superba and the amazing M104 Sombrerro Galaxy will be visible. The Cat’s Eye Nebula, another exploded star, will be among the featured objects along with many other beautiful deep sky objects that should be visible weather permitting. All of the planets will be visible just before sunrise in the morning sky.