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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.

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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