Members of the New Hampshire Astronomical Society will set up telescopes (including one you can check out from your local Pillsbury Free Library!) for night sky viewing and will help attendees view interesting celestial objects.

Meet at the Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum at 7:30pm on Thursday, March 27th. The address is 18 Highlawn Rd, Warner NH. The telescopes will be set up in the field. If it looks like it will be bad weather, or too cloudy that evening, the back up date is Friday, March 28th.

General Rules for public skywatches from the NHAS:

 Watch your step
Be especially careful of wires on the ground.
 Park Carefully
Try to park so that your headlights and back-up lights won’t interfere with the observers.
 No Smoking
Smoke damages telescope optics.
 Red Flashlights
No white lights. A red light will not ruin your night vision as much as white light will. You can cover the lens of a regular light with red plastic or tail-light repair tape. A dim light will seem bright once your eyes become dark-adapted.
 No Flash Photography
The bright flash of a camera can wreck everyone’s night vision.
 Stay Warm
It is cold when the sun goes down at night, particularly when you are standing still under a clear sky. Bring about twice as much warm clothing as you think you’ll need. Winter calls for insulated boots, warm socks, thermal underwear, corduroy jeans, parka, flannel shirt, gloves, and, very important, a warm knit cap!

For more info on skywatches, check out the NHAS website: http://nhastro.com/skywatch.php