Prairie Ridge Ecostation plans astronomy night

One upside to the shorter fall and winter days is that the sun goes down earlier so you can see the stars in the sky.

The Raleigh Astronomy Club will bring out their telescopes to view the winter night sky features, including the Andromeda Galaxy, the Orion Nebula and the Ring Nebula. Experts will be on hand to tell you what you're looking at and answer questions about astronomy or telescopes (which might come in handy if a telescope is on somebody's wish list).