Wednesday, November 6, 2019 7:00 pm
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7:00 pm
EST (GMT -05:00)
Come visit the observatory during the November public tour!
- Presentation at 7:00 PM in PHY 150
- Telescope viewing at 7:30 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 campus via car or public transit
- Campus map showing how to find the Physics Building (PHY)
- Instructions for parking
Will it be clear tonight? Astronomical forecast