Wednesday, May 2, 2018 8:30 pm
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8:30 pm
EDT (GMT -04:00)
Be
among
the
first
to
use
our
new
and
improved
outdoor
staircase and discover
the
true
form
of
this
season's
bright
twilight
"star"!
- Presentation at 8:30 PM in PHY 313 (note the special room)
- Telescope viewing at 9:00 PM (access from 3rd floor of PHY)
The Observatory is open for public tours, usually on the first Wednesday of each month, offering a chance to look through the university's telescope. This will be preceded by a short talk on astronomy (around 30 minutes) plus an opportunity to ask questions, followed by a tour of the dome. In the event of bad weather, the observing will not be possible, but the talk and tour of facilities will go ahead. [No optical telescope on Earth can see through cloud - if it's too cloudy to see stars with the unaided eye (or the Sun earlier in the day), then we won't be able to see stars through the telescope.]
- Directions to the University of Waterloo
- Campus map showing how to find the Physics Building (PHY)
- Instructions for parking
Will it be clear tonight? Astronomical forecast