During the months of March, April, May and June on moonless evenings when the sky is dark, the Lake Afton Public Observatory will be presenting “Celestial Favorites."

With so many beautiful objects to view in the evening skies, sometimes it is difficult for the staff of the observatory to decide what to look at.

So they have decided to let visitors help out. In addition to looking at Saturn, a dying star, a cluster of stars and a “nearby” galaxy, they will let visitors vote on one additional available celestial object that they would like to observe.

“Celestial Favorites” will be presented on Friday and Saturday evenings March 13-14, 20-21 and 27-28; April 10-11, 17-18 and 24-25; May 8-9, 15-16 and 22-23; and June 12-13 and 19-20.

On moonlit evenings when the sky is bright in March, April, May and June, the program will be “Moons, Rings and Other Things."

This is your chance to come out to the observatory and use its 16-inch diameter telescope to get a close-up look at the moon with its mountains and craters, Saturn with its moons and rings and a giant red star in its final phase of life.

“Moons, Rings and Other Things” will be presented on Friday and Saturday evenings of March 6-7; April 3-4; May 1-2 and 29-30; and June 5-6 and 26-27.

For a complete schedule, go to http://www.wichita.edu/thisis/newsresource/afton_shedule.asp.

The Lake Afton Public Observatory is operated by the Fairmount Center for Science and Mathematics Education, a part of the Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Science at Wichita State University.