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News · August 1, 2025Kane County Friends of the Night Sky Program is Growing!

SVO’s Friends of the Night Sky Program was featured in the May/JuneSpotlight at Utah State University’s Colorado Plateau Dark Sky Cooperative.This innovative...

Educational Event · August 1, 20252025 4-H Space Camp Roundup

On May 28th, the local 4-H chapter held an all-day space camp event, and66 kids participated! SVO’s Eric Sims was there to teach about asteroids,meteors, and...

Educational Event · January 23, 2025Planetary Parade to Light Up the Sky

This January and February, the night sky will showcase a beautiful planetary alignment. This celestial phenomenon, often referred to as a “planetary parade,”...

News · January 1, 2025SVO’s 2024 Year in Review

2024 was an excellent year! Thanks to all who participated and supported. Please enjoy the Year in Review document below, and share it with anyone you think ...

News · November 8, 2024Signals are “Go” for Kanab’s Stellar Vista Observatory

Stellar Vista Observatory (SVO) , a 501c3 nonprofit organization based in Kanab and the Kane County Water Conservancy District (KCWCD) are pleased to announc...

Star Parties · October 15, 2024SVO Hosts Comet Viewing: Next Public Star Party Friday, 10/25

On Monday, October 14th, Stellar Vista Observatory (SVO) hosted a comet viewing party at Jackson Flat Reservoir, drawing an enthusiastic crowd of about 50 lo...

News · October 6, 2024SVO to host viewing of Comet A3 Tsuchinshan

By Rich Csenge Stellar Vista Observatory (SVO) will host a free public observing opportunity to view the bright Comet A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3) throug...

Star Parties · August 19, 2024Marvelous Moons

By Kat Troche, NASA Night Sky Network,Eric Sims, Stellar Vista Observatory Did you know there are more than 200 moons in our Solar System? Most of them orbit...

Star Parties · August 1, 2024Seeing Double (Stars)

August is an exciting month for stargazing because it brings the peak of the Perseid meteor shower! Stellar Vista Observatory (SVO) is so excited for it that...

Star Parties · July 30, 2024The Wonders of Meteor Showers: Perseids and Geminids

In August, we will be treated to an amazing spectacle: the Perseid meteor shower. This dazzling display happens when Earth travels through the debris left by...

Star Parties · June 14, 2024June Star Parties in Kanab!

Kanab’s nonprofit Stellar Vista Observatory (SVO) has scheduled four occasions during the month of June, 2024, in its ongoing series of free public star part...

Educational Event · March 18, 2024April 8, 2024 Total Solar Eclipse: the View from Southern Utah

On Monday morning, April 8, a solar eclipse will be visible throughout the continental United States. The path of totality will traverse 12 states from Texas...