The Forecast for The June 5 community event is for scattered
cloud leading to increasingly clearing skies. The event will take
place on June 5. LAST UPDATED 1 p.m. June 5, 2007
cloud leading to increasingly clearing skies. The event will take
place on June 5. LAST UPDATED 1 p.m. June 5, 2007
Celebrating the Sedona Night Sky A Free Community Event
The Sedona Community is invited to attend a free event to
celebrate the beautiful Sedona Night Sky on June 5, 2007
from 7:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. at the Sedona Red Rock High
School Football Field. Four planets will be visible with the
naked eye and Evening Sky Tours, LLC and Astronomers of
the Verde Valley will have many telescopes set up to view
Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and the Moon. The
community is invited to bring a blanket, telescopes,
binoculars and a picnic dinner to enjoy a wonderful
astronomy experience under Sedona's brilliant night sky.
Food will be for sale compliments of Hog Wild.
"This is a wonderful opportunity to view four planets through
some of the best instruments and with the most
knowledgeable guides in Northern Arizona." explained Cliff
Ochser, President of Evening Sky Tours, LLC the title
sponsor of the event. "We invite the community to enjoy a
wonderful evening of astronomy and celebrate the beautiful
Sedona night sky.”
Evening Sky Tours, LLC is the title sponsor of the event and
is the premiere tour company in Sedona offering custom
astronomy tours every night of the week. Co-sponsors
include Keep Sedona Beautiful, City of Sedona, Sedona
Chamber of Commerce, Sedona Monthly Magazine, Sedona
Red Rock News, Sedona International Film Festival, Home
Elements, Sedona Chapter of the ASU Alumni Association,
Astronomers of the Verde Valley, International Dark Sky
Association and JCK Music Productions.
In addition to viewing the planets we will have a short
presentation on light pollution, space themed music and a
3D virtual reality tour of the solar system projected on a big
screen. There is no cost to attend and no reservations are
necessary. All members of the community are invited. In the
event of cloudy skies the event will take place on June 6.
The Sedona Community is invited to attend a free event to
celebrate the beautiful Sedona Night Sky on June 5, 2007
from 7:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. at the Sedona Red Rock High
School Football Field. Four planets will be visible with the
naked eye and Evening Sky Tours, LLC and Astronomers of
the Verde Valley will have many telescopes set up to view
Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and the Moon. The
community is invited to bring a blanket, telescopes,
binoculars and a picnic dinner to enjoy a wonderful
astronomy experience under Sedona's brilliant night sky.
Food will be for sale compliments of Hog Wild.
"This is a wonderful opportunity to view four planets through
some of the best instruments and with the most
knowledgeable guides in Northern Arizona." explained Cliff
Ochser, President of Evening Sky Tours, LLC the title
sponsor of the event. "We invite the community to enjoy a
wonderful evening of astronomy and celebrate the beautiful
Sedona night sky.”
Evening Sky Tours, LLC is the title sponsor of the event and
is the premiere tour company in Sedona offering custom
astronomy tours every night of the week. Co-sponsors
include Keep Sedona Beautiful, City of Sedona, Sedona
Chamber of Commerce, Sedona Monthly Magazine, Sedona
Red Rock News, Sedona International Film Festival, Home
Elements, Sedona Chapter of the ASU Alumni Association,
Astronomers of the Verde Valley, International Dark Sky
Association and JCK Music Productions.
In addition to viewing the planets we will have a short
presentation on light pollution, space themed music and a
3D virtual reality tour of the solar system projected on a big
screen. There is no cost to attend and no reservations are
necessary. All members of the community are invited. In the
event of cloudy skies the event will take place on June 6.
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