The weekend of September 15th-17th the Southwest Astronomy Festival takes place. 

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According to Space.com, the origins of astronomy go back to the 5,000-year-old Stonehenge and the "world's oldest star map" the bronze-age Nebra disk.

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Around 1,000 B.C.E. ancient Assyro-Babylonians systematically observed and recorded motions of the celestial bodies and similar records also exist from early China.

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Programs and activities will be presented by Zion National Park and Cedar Breaks National Monument. 

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All programs are free and open to the public and will highlight the night sky around southwestern Utah. 

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Programs and activities will include lectures, star parties, activities at Ashcroft Observatory in Cedar City, a portable planetarium, and more. 

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For more information, you can visit the Southwest Astronomy Festival link here. 

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