{"id":25605,"date":"2021-04-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-observatory-hosts-spring-star-party\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T08:33:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T13:33:15","slug":"tarleton-observatory-hosts-spring-star-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-observatory-hosts-spring-star-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarleton Observatory Hosts Spring Star Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, April 6, 2021<\/p>\n<p>STEPHENVILLE, Texas &mdash;&nbsp;Tarleton State University&rsquo;s College of Science and Technology will host a virtual star party at 8 p.m. Friday, April 16.<\/p>\n<p>The free live-stream will originate from the observatory at Hunewell Ranch seven miles east of Stephenville.&nbsp;Virtual attendees will view live images and hear in real time from Tarleton astronomer Dr. Shaukat Goderya.<\/p>\n<p>Historically, the observatory conducts an in-person public event in late fall and again in early spring. Dr. Goderya&rsquo;s live-stream will enable audiences to see and hear about celestial objects in the evening sky.&nbsp;Objects faintly or not seen by the naked eye will be magnified greatly, providing those online a rare view of planets, their moons and distant galaxies.<\/p>\n<p>Tarleton students are invited to view the live-stream in the planetarium on the Stephenville campus.&nbsp;Seating is limited to 43, and&nbsp;face coverings will be required and social-distancing rules followed.<\/p>\n<p>To log on, visit&nbsp;&nbsp;<a title=\"Original URL:&lt;br \/&gt;https:\/\/tarletonstate.us\/starparty&lt;br \/&gt;&lt;br \/&gt;Click to follow link.\" href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftarletonstate.us%2Fstarparty&amp;data=04%7C01%7CPRIDDLE%40tarleton.edu%7Cd1d3830925704174dc2608d8f51eca11%7C2c5ee638a96349c0ac26828dd9b78d5e%7C0%7C0%7C637528859873265573%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=mE2nGglliO45Weh0c%2Be8Zg3I6Fz9MrTthcezzP8sbzc%3D&amp;reserved=0\">https:\/\/tarletonstate.us\/starparty<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the event or the planetarium, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"..\/..\/..\/planetarium\/index.html\">https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/planetarium\/index.html<\/a>. For questions about the observatory, see&nbsp;<a href=\"..\/..\/..\/observatory\/\">https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/observatory<strong>\/<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tarleton, founding member of The Texas A&amp;M University System, provides a student-focused, value-driven education marked by academic innovation and a dedication to transform today&rsquo;s scholars into tomorrow&rsquo;s leaders. It offers degree programs to more than 14,000 students at Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, Midlothian, RELLIS Academic Alliance in Bryan, and online, emphasizing real-world learning experiences that address societal needs while maintaining its core values of tradition, integrity, civility, excellence, leadership and service.<\/p>\n<p>Contact: Phil Riddle<br \/>817-484-4415<br \/><a href=\"mailto:priddle@tarleton.edu\">priddle@tarleton.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tarleton State University&rsquo;s College of Science and Technology will host a virtual star party at 8 p.m. Friday, April 16.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":25606,"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":[423,424],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics-research","category-arts-events"],"acf":{"image":null},"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-173-300x200.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/academics-research\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Academics &amp; Research<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/arts-events\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Arts &amp; Events<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Academics &amp; Research<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Arts &amp; Events<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 5 years ago","modified":"Updated 6 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on April 6, 2021","modified":"Updated on September 23, 2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on April 6, 2021 12:00 am","modified":"Updated on September 23, 2025 8:33 am"},"featured_img_caption":"Observatory dome with a telescope inside.","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25605","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=25605"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53852,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25605\/revisions\/53852"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}