Bay Area Star Party - San Francisco State University

Take a tour of the night sky with our regional star party at over 10 different sites across the Bay Area. Colleges, schools, observatories and science centers around the Bay Area will be open for a special evening of astronomical fun.

No telescope, no problem! Both professional and amateur astronomers will be on hand to offer telescope viewing and observing tips.

If the sky is cloudy, many sites will still offer indoor astronomy activities. Some institutions will also have astronomy talks and events that evening, regardless of the weather. Join us for a stellar evening.

Planetarium Shows at 8pm and 9pm (The planetarium is on the 4th floor of Thornton Hall -- Room TH422; Go in the main door of the building, take the elevator to the 4th floor, and look for the planetarium entrance there.  Once a show has started, you can't get in.) ·     Telescope viewing in the observatory from 8 pm until 10 pm (The observatory is on the 10th floor of Thornton Hall -- Room TH1002; Go in the main door of the building, take the elevator to the 9th floor and follow the signs up to the observatory.  You may drop in any time between 8 pm and 10 pm.) ·     In case of cloudy weather, telescope viewing will not happen, but demonstrations and Q&A session will occur in Room TH411, just down the hall from the planetarium.  Planetarium shows will happen clear or cloudy.

For a campus map see: http://www.sfsu.edu/~sfsumap/ For other directions to the observatory and planetarium see: http://www.physics.sfsu.edu/astronomy/Directions/directions.html