Starry, Starry Nights at Coronado Heights was scheduled for November 14, but because of cloud cover, it’s rescheduled for November 21. That means there’s still time to add it to your schedule!

Staff from the Cosmosphere in are going to be setting up telescopes on the top of Coronado Heights, just outside of Lindsborg. Visitors can enjoy a 30-minute session of high-power telescope viewing, followed by a 30-minute star tour. Coronado Heights makes for a good place for stargazing since there’s relatively little light pollution, and you get panoramic views of the sky and surrounding prairies.

To attend, you will need to reserve a free spot on the shuttle at this link and then pick up your wristband for the shuttle at the J.O. Sundstrom Conference Center starting at 5:30 pm; to help cut down on light pollution, you can’t drive yourself up to the top. Available shuttles are leaving from Lindsborg 7 to 8:50 pm.

If all the shuttle spots are filled, the Salina Astronomy Club is going to be setting up some additional high-powered telescopes in Heritage Square where people will be able to get an up close look of the night sky.

There will also be talks and presentations on the stars, including by Jim Richardson, a National Geograhic photographer. He’ll be presenting “Glories of Our Night Sky: Wonders and Worries” at 7 and 8 pm in the Banquet Hall of the J.O. Conference Center. And at the Lindsborg Old Mill & Swedish Heritage Museum starting at 5:45pm, Dorothy Hanna will discuss “Constellations,” David Hanson will discuss “Nucleosynthesis,” and Jeffrey Kassoff will discuss “The Interstellar Medium (ISM).”

If you need a place to stay in Lindsborg, we recommend the Dröm Sött (Sweet Dreams) Inn in downtown.