{"id":30744,"date":"2016-04-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarletons-april-8-star-party-canceled-due-to-increased-cloud-coverage\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T10:10:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T15:10:03","slug":"tarletons-april-8-star-party-canceled-due-to-increased-cloud-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarletons-april-8-star-party-canceled-due-to-increased-cloud-coverage\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarleton&#8217;s April 8 Star Party canceled due to increased cloud coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2021\/11\/image-2276.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2021\/11\/image-2276-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Star Party Canceled\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Star Party Canceled<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br>Thursday, April 7, 2016<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>STEPHENVILLE, Texas\u2014Tarleton State University\u2019s annual Spring Star Party set for Friday, April 8, at the school\u2019s Hunewell Ranch observatory is canceled due to increased cloud coverage. Weather forecasters predict 50- to 60-percent cover for the evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Larry Barr, manager of the Tarleton planetarium and observatory, said anything more than a 30-percent cloud cover makes star gazing difficult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The annual event will be rescheduled for the fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tarleton, a member of The Texas A&amp;M University System, provides a student-focused, value-driven educational experience marked by academic innovation and exemplary service, and dedicated to transforming students into tomorrow\u2019s professional leaders. With campuses in Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, Midlothian and online, Tarleton engages with its communities to provide real-world learning experiences and to address societal needs while maintaining its core values of integrity, leadership, tradition, civility, excellence and service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>#<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contact: Larry Barr<br>254-968-0791<br><a href=\"mailto:lbarr@tarleton.edu\">lbarr@tarleton.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STEPHENVILLE, Texas&mdash;Tarleton State University&rsquo;s annual Spring Star Party set for Friday, April 8, at the school&rsquo;s Hunewell Ranch observatory is canceled due to increased cloud coverage. 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