Fort Hays State University's Astronomy Club will set up telescopes at the Kansas Wetlands Education Center on October 6, giving students and other observers the chance to see the Andromeda (M31) Galaxy as well as other deep-sky objects.
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Two planets come together for once-in-a-lifetime view
The rare planetary phenomenon was visible in Ellis County with the naked eye as well as with telescopes hosted by Fort Hays State University Physics Department and the Astronomy Club
Hays Daily News
While stargazing on the levee behind Fort Hays State University on Monday evening, Joan Crull, of Hays, admitted she doesn’t know a lot about astronomy.
But on Monday, officially the first day of winter and the shortest day of the year, Crull was there to observe with a handful of others at the FHSU observation event the rare conjunction of two planets, Jupiter and Saturn.