FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n
Tuesday, October 19, 2021<\/p>\n
STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014\u00a0Tarleton\u2019s College of Science and Technology\u2019s annual Star Party returns in person at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29, at the Hunewell Ranch observatory.<\/p>\n
The event is open to the public.<\/p>\n
Visitors will see stars, planets and deep space objects through Tarleton\u2019s 32-inch reflecting research telescope and several smaller scopes. Amateur astronomers are encouraged to bring their own telescopes, set up on special concrete slabs and share their view.<\/p>\n
Tarleton faculty will conduct tours inside the observatory, giving guests a closer look at the research telescope.<\/p>\n
The rainout date is Friday, Nov. 5.\u00a0\u00a0For up-to-date information, including cancellation due to weather, call 254-968-0523.<\/p>\n
Ideal night sky viewing occurs when conditions are as light free as possible. Participants are asked to turn their headlights off as they approach the observatory parking area.<\/p>\n
Visitors arriving at the gate of Hunewell Ranch will be directed to the parking area.<\/p>\n
For directions to Hunewell Ranch and other information about Tarleton\u2019s astronomy program visit the observatory website,\u00a0http:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/observatory<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tarleton’s College of Science and Technology’s annual Star Party returns in person at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29, at the Hunewell Ranch observatory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":25174,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[423],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics-research"],"acf":{"image":false},"author_meta":{"display_name":"keegan","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/author\/keegan-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2021\/11\/image-6-300x200.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["Academics & Research<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Academics & Research<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 4 years ago","modified":"Updated 6 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on October 19, 2021","modified":"Updated on September 22, 2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on October 19, 2021 12:00 am","modified":"Updated on September 22, 2025 3:42 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"Nighttime observatory with red-lit dome and people stargazing outside.","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25173"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53723,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25173\/revisions\/53723"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}