‘First Look at Pluto’ comes to Ritchie Observatory

Join Astronomer Steve Ruhl as we follow the journey of New Horizons as mankind explores Pluto for the first time at the planetarium show “First Look at Pluto” at 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 8 at the Edwin E. Ritchie Observatory in Battle Point Park.

August 7, 2015 12:56 pm
‘First Look at Pluto’ comes to Ritchie Observatory

Join Astronomer Steve Ruhl as we follow the journey of New Horizons as mankind explores Pluto for the first time at the planetarium show “First Look at Pluto” at 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 8 at the Edwin E. Ritchie Observatory in Battle Point Park.

There will also be a special kids show at 6 p.m. with Dr. Erica.

Admission is free to members of the Battle Point Astronomical Association; $2 donation suggested for nonmembers, $5 for families.

If the sky is clear, astronomers will be on hand with telescopes for public star-gazing afterward.

The Battle Point Astronomical Association is a nonprofit amateur astronomy organization that operates the Ritchie Observatory and John H. Rudolph Planetarium in the Helix House at Battle Point Park.

For more information, call 206-842-9152 or visit www.bpastro.org.