Join professional meteorologist and amateur astronomer Mike Lynch for a stargazing party at Garvin Park! Meet in the Ball Field Shelter area.

Make the stars your old friends as we watch the great celestial show in the skies over Southwestern Minnesota. Get to know constellations like The Big Bear, Cygnus the Swan, Pegasus the Winged Horse, and others. Great constellation mythological stories will also be featured! We’ll have giant telescopes aimed at the moon, Saturn, star clusters, galaxies, and more. An astronomical camera system will also capture breathtaking images!

Mike Lynch is a retired WCCO meteorologist and has been hosting Minnesota and Wisconsin Starwatch programs for over 50 years! He also writes a weekly stargazing column for the St. Paul Pioneer Press and is the author of the book “Stars, a Month-by-Month Tour of the Constellations.”

In the event of poor or cloudy weather, this event will move to the Marshall Library community room.

This event is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by Lyon County Parks, The Friends of the Marshall-Lyon County Library, and the Marshall-Lyon County Library.