Camping with the Stars
August 1, 2, & 3, 2014
Eagle Lake Observatory at Baylor Regional Park
Onan Observatory • Sylvia A. Casby Observatory • HotSpot Classroom
10775 County Rd 33, Norwood Young America, MN
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Featured this year in cooperation with NASA, there will be a special exhibit commemorating the 45th anniversary of the Apollo landings on the moon. The exhibit will feature a 3.3 billion year old lunar rock returned to earth by the astronauts of Apollo 15. In addition, there will be displays of Apollo mission photographs, illustrations, and maps. DO NOT miss this opportunity to see a piece of the moon for yourself and learn about what can be considered the greatest adventure in history that brought this rock back to earth and ultimately to you. Eagle Lake Observatory consists of the Onan Observatory, the Sylvia A. Casby Observatory and the HotSpot Classroom. Each observatory is handicap accessible, state-of-the-art facilities with robotic telescopes ranging from 4 inches to 20 inches of aperture and are ready to show you the skies. Come see the stars through our five telescope platforms that include a 14” and 16” Schmidt Cassegrain telescopes, 8” TMB design refractor as well as numerous other telescopes or sit back and enjoy live video of planets, star clusters, galaxies and nebula on the observatory imaging system. Enjoy a tour of the sky by one of our dedicated volunteers or bring your own telescope. There will be talks, prizes, solar viewing, and fun activities throughout the day and into the night. Baylor Regional Park offers 50 camping sites. Thirty-five sites have water and electrical hookups and 15 sites are primitive. For the Camping with the Stars event, the park opens up additional campsites at the foot of our observatories where you can set up your own scope or take the short walk to view through some of the best amateur telescopes available. Other facilities include: picnic areas, showers, swimming beach, beach house, reservable picnic shelters, tennis courts, sand volleyball court, group camping area and horseshoe pits and an 18 hole disc golf course.
2014 Registration fees
Call the Carver County Park Office at 952-466-5250 to register and reserve your spot.
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The MAS Eagle Lake Observatory
Onan Observatory
- More than a dozen telescopes to view through, are among the finest amateur telescopes available.
- Real-time video viewing capabilities for lunar, planetary and deep-sky viewing.
- Solar filters allow safe viewing of the Sun’s surface, sunspots and solar prominences.
- Mounted 15×80 binoculars for the ultimate “wide-field” stargazing experience.
- Electrical outlets on the outside of the building for those who bring their own scopes.
- Paved handicap parking adjacent to the wheelchair accessible observatory.
Sylvia A. Casby Observatory
- Our newest domed observatory houses three telescopes on a AP 3600 mount.
- 8″ TMB design refractor and Mewlon 300 telescopes for excellent planetary and deep-sky viewing.
- Solar filters allow safe viewing of the Sun’s surface and sunspots.
- Real-time video viewing capabilities for lunar, planetary and deep-sky viewing.
- Electrical outlets on the outside of the building for those who bring their own scopes.
HotSpot Classroom
- Heated and air-conditioned seating for as many as 80.
- Ten foot projection screen for video presentations.
- Real-time video viewing capabilities from the observatories telescopes.
Location Baylor Regional Park is roughly 25 miles southwest of the Eden Prairie, MN and just north of Norwood-Young America. It is easily reached either by Minnesota Highway 5 or U.S. Highway 212. For a map & directions click HERE for interactive map. For additional Information on the MAS Eagle Lake Observatory, visit the Eagle Lake Observatory Website.
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