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The next opportunity to gaze at the heavens from Haverhill’s Tattersall Farm is coming up.
Weather permitting, amateur astronomer Mike McDougal and other members of the North Shore Amateur Astronomy Club will set up telescopes and help the public find planets, star clusters, binary stars, nebulae and faint galaxies. As it gets darker, Saturn, with its many moons, is expected to be easy to spot this time of year.
Stargazing takes place Thursday, Aug. 20, beginning at 8:30 p.m., at the farm, 542 N. Broadway, Haverhill. If weather forces postponement, it takes place Saturday, Aug. 22. Cancellation information will be listed on Tattersall Farm’s Facebook page.
Visitors are advised to follow red glow sticks from the parking lot to the observing area and asked not to use flashlights or flash photography as they approach the telescopes. Bug repellant is advised and dogs are not permitted.