Kicking off summer with a view of the stars! I thought it would be fun to take an evening and look at some stars. The Placerville Observatory was kind enough to opens its doors to us geocachers on a wonderful Sunday evening. In fact, randallh asked me if I wanted to help set up another of these events, and I was more than excited to. This gives us geocachers to go a little interstellar! This is not a community open time, the observatory is opening to us, for the geocaching cummunity, for this event and event attendees. General public times are on Friday and Saturday nights, we get this spot to ourselves on Sunday! Thanks to the Placerville Observatory and randallh for allowing this event and for offering their time to us geocachers.
Please log your will attend so I can get a count of attendees to randallh so he can know an approximation of people and be set up for that. Note in your Will Attend if you may be bringing others (kids, family, etc.) to allow for a count of people allowing randallh to set up for the appropriate amount of attendees.
- Location: Placerville Observatory - A short hike from the parking lot
- Date: Sunday, June 2th, 2024
- Time: 8:30pm - 11:00pm (come when you want, leave when you want, but read the description below so you know what/where we will be if you show up after 8:55ish)
- Bring: 😷 if desired, the path is lit, so just follow the path up to the observatory
Event will be located at observatory.
THE PLAN:
- 8:24: Offical start - sunset begins at this time.
- 8:30 - 8:50ish: Logbook signing, meet and greet, grab bag of event swag (first 24 will get a little bag, after that loose items up for grabs)
- 8:50ish: go to the Observatory with randallh, check out space and stuff! (Sunset is a 8:24, so this is dependant on the light)
- 11:00: departing for the evening, thanks to the Observatory for their time
time is a little later in the evening on a Sunday, but the event is open just to attendees of this event and we can't see stars and really get into the telescope views until it gets dark.
SWAG bags will be handed out to first 24 attendees ( containing geocaching goodies like: containers, pens, keychain lights, trackables, notebooks). So get to the logbook when you arrive, make sure you get your SWAG while you can, supplies are limited to the first 24.
THE LOGBOOK:
TEAM ROCK ABLUM:
TEAM ROCK ALBUM is my group of caching buddies, people I cached with and taught the sport of caching to back in Idaho. Bringing the Band Name here to keep it rocking and to encourage them to do the same.
PLACERVILLE COMMUNITY OBSERVATORY:
The Community Observatory is your window to the night sky! See the stars through the 17-inch and 14-inch reflecting telescopes on a clear, dark night. Follow planets or the moon as they travel across the sky. Bring the whole family for an unforgettable experience in the foothills of El Dorado County.
Free Admission/No reservations required
Parking Payment = $2
Enjoy your visit and thank you for supporting your Community Observatory.
Etiquette: The Community Observatory is located on El Dorado County Office of Education property. This means NO drugs, NO tobacco/vaping, and NO alcohol is allowed on the premises!
Safety: For visitor safety, (a) NO Pets are allowed (Service animals trained to aid persons with disabilities are welcome). (b) NO Private/unauthorized telescopes or other stargazing equipment is allowed.
We thank you for your cooperation in our effort to maintain a safe environment.
NOTE: Please be aware, in the event of rain or bad weather I will post a note/announcement as to what will happen with this event. Regardless, I will show up at the parking lot with a logbook, but if we cannot do the observatory due to weather I will work with randallh for a chance to still do this in the future. But please, log your Will Attends so you can receive announcments if the need arrives. We will adapt as needed.