Join the Champaign County Forest Preserve District and the Champaign-Urbana Astronomical Society to celebrate International Dark Sky Week through Sunday, April 30th.
There are two public events this week:
The Champaign-Urbana Astronomical Society will demonstrate the effect of light pollution with two sky-viewing sessions. The first will be Wednesday, April 27 from 8-10 p.m. at Robeson Park in Champaign, just west of the school.
The second will be Friday, April 29 from 7:30 to 10 p.m. at the Middle Fork River Forest Preserve, Illinois’ only International Dark Sky Park, northeast of Rantoul. Join us at the preserve for a talk at the Activity Center at 7:30 p.m. and then observing with telescopes afterwards.
Both of these sessions are weather permitting and will be canceled in the event of cloudy skies.
Top image from Champaign-Urbana Astronomical Society Facebook page.