- Date
- 1988-08-20
- Kind
- Observation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- educationrecreationcommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
A summer 1988 Beaver Island star party used a telescope to view Saturn, globular clusters, nebulae, galaxies, and other dark-sky objects. The account emphasizes the island’s unusually clear dark sky despite lake moisture.
Evidence limits
This is a community observation report, not an astronomical log or calibrated sky-quality measurement.
Sources
- Reports telescope observations of Saturn, globular clusters, nebulae, galaxies, and other dark-sky objects on August 20, with Bob Cava planning a return using a 17-inch telescope. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1988-10_Beaver-Beacon
- The held twenty-page October issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and preserves the astronomy account.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1988-10_Beaver-Beacon
Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island residents hold a summer star party, 1988”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-star-party-1988/, accessed [date], citing Summer star party, Beaver Beacon, October 1988. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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