The 2010 Harvest Moon – A Celebration with Food, Drink, & the Night Sky

Title: The 2010 Harvest Moon – A Celebration with Food, Drink, & the Night Sky
Location: Houston Arboretum, 4501 Woodway Drive Houston, TX
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Description: As fall approaches, join us as we celebrate the harvest moon with our first star party on the Arboretum’s meadow deck. You will enjoy an interesting food twist, as well as plenty of St. Arnold’s beer, frozen margaritas & moon pies!

We welcome Fusion Taco, Houston’s first Asian Fusion Taco Truck – a cool new gourmet “food truck”.

Members of the Houston Astronomical Society will also be on hand with telescopes to show us the harvest moon up close, as well as several other interesting night sky objects. We may also see nocturnal migrating birds as they pass the face of this bright moon.

The harvest moon occurs in the autumn around the time when the length of day and the length of night are the same, and the moon rises just when the sun sets. It has been said that farmers used the light of the harvest moon to allow more time to bring in their crops. Moonrise on this night will be around 8:30 p.m. directly over the meadow.

Note: Wear comfortable shoes and be prepared to stroll approximately ¼ mile from the building to the meadow where the telescopes will be set up.

Cost: $50 for members, $65 for non-members
Start Time: 18:30
Date: 2010-09-25
End Time: 21:30