The Range Astronomy Club is celebrating National Astronomy Day at the Paulucci Space Theater on the campus of Minnesota North College in Hibbing.
Games, activities and solar viewing will begin at 4 p.m. Saturday, May 3, with constellation viewing starting at 8 p.m.
Events are free, except shows within the theater are $5. A show geared toward kids, In My Backyard, will begin at 5 p.m., and The Final Frontier begins at 7 p.m.
Dale Kentoph from the Range Astronomy Club was a recent guest on the KAXE Morning Show. Listen to our full conversation above!
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