Sunday, August 2
7:00–11:30pm
400 West El Paso Street
Marfa, TX
Sunday, August 2
7:00–11:30pm
400 West El Paso Street
Marfa, TX
Judd Foundation presents a star gazing party at La Mansana de Chinati/The Block. Celebrating the dark skies of West Texas, the evening will include food, music, and astronomy programs in the courtyard at the Block.
This event is free and open to the public.
This program is presented in partnership with the McDonald Observatory, a research unit of The University of Texas at Austin.
7:00–9:30pm Open Hours of the Block
Food will be available first come, first served
9:30–10:30pm Constellation talk
10:30–11:30pm Star Viewing Party with McDonald Observatory volunteers
McDonald Observatory is a research unit of The University of Texas at Austin and one of the world’s leading centers for astronomical research, teaching, and public education and outreach. Observatory facilities are located atop Mount Locke and Mount Fowlkes in the Davis Mountains of West Texas, which offer some of the darkest night skies in the continental United States. Additionally, the observatory is a founding partner in the Giant Magellan Telescope under construction in Chile.
Public programs at Judd Foundation have been made possible, in part, by support from the Brown Foundation, Inc., the Texas Commission on the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
