The Student Activities Board will host a stargazing event on April 3.
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Students will have a chance to see planets and constellations at a stargazing event hosted by the Student Activities Board on April 3 from 9-11 p.m. in Hayden Park.

“The physics department will be there with telescopes to help us see stars and planets up close,” junior and SAB creative team member Phoebe Vanheyningen said. “We just love working with the physics department. We’ve done it before and it worked super well so we decided to reach out again and they gladly accepted.”

Vanheyningen said SAB hosted a similar event in 2022.

“This was one of our favorite events in fall of 2022, so we’re very excited to do it again,” Vanheyningen said. “The best thing about this event is honestly just setting aside the time to go appreciate natural beauty. We’re all so busy here and we like to romanticize the idea of stargazing but we rarely take the time out of our schedules to really do it.”

Freshman Hijiri Cramer said she loves to look at the stars and is looking forward to stargazing with friends.

“I’m looking forward to seeing who is interested in the stars there because it’s something I’ve loved for a long time now,” Cramer said. “I am always far too willing to show constellations to people who aren’t interested, and I hopefully will get my friends to come out.”

Cramer said the weather will determine if attendees will be able to see spring constellations, Jupiter, and Uranus that night.

“I’m really hoping that it is going to be a very beautiful night out there. That’s what I’ve been hoping for beyond anything else so that we can see the stars,” Cramer said. “I did go stargazing a few weeks ago and it was really nice but it was just so cloudy. Hopefully we get to go to a location that is even better on a night without clouds but I guess that’s not up to us.”

Vanheyningen said students should bring blankets if it is chilly outside but doughnuts will be provided.