After a long winter of little success with telescope viewing plans, we finally have some public viewings scheduled this month.

We have to hold off on nighttime viewings during the university examination period (as classrooms are booked up for exams and students need quiet in the buildings while they’re writing), so we’re trying to get in a nighttime viewing before exams start on April 8 and then we’ll have a solar viewing later in the month. As always, these events are weather dependent, so for any updates on whether a viewing is going ahead, check here.

• Nighttime telescope viewing: Wednesday, April 6 from 8:30 to 10:00 p.m.
  • Cloud-date: Thursday, April 7
  • Meet in room 417 of Memorial Hall (location of building and information on parking can be found here)
  • We’ll view Jupiter since it’s prominent in the sky right now, and perhaps some other interesting objects if the weather cooperates.
• Daytime telescope viewing: Saturday, April 16, 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (times may be adjusted if there is intermittent cloud)
  • Cloud-date: Saturday, April 23
  • Find the telescope set up in UPEI Parking Lot A across from the Farmers’ Market (see campus map here)
  • We’ll be viewing the surface features of the Sun through an H-alpha filter using our solar telescope.