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Celebrate 35 years of Hubble with Shreveport Astronomy Society

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — The Shreveport-Bossier Astronomical Society, Inc., is hosting a celebration for the 35th Anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope with an evening observation at the Shreveport Observatory on Saturday, October 18.

From 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m., attendees can look through telescopes at Saturn and its large moon Titan, numerous galaxies, star clusters, double stars, nebulae, and more.

Voyager 1 image of the moons of saturn, tethys on the left, enceladus inner left, mimas right, 1980. (photo by smith collection/gado/getty images)

If the sky is clouded out or raining, the session will be canceled.

The Shreveport Observatory is eight miles south of the LSU Shreveport campus on Astronomical Way.

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The Shreveport-Bossier Astronomical Society is also raffling off a Seestar S-30 Digital Smart Telescope to raise funds for the observatory. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the star party or from ShreveportAstronomy.com.

For more information, contact Dr. Cran Lucas at (318) 573-6929.

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