We invite you to visit the Earl L. Wonnacott Observatory this fall to look through our telescope. We will be pointing our telescope at various objects of interest: the moon, planets, stars, nebula, and galaxies, depending on the date and sky conditions.

We will once again schedule viewings roughly every two weeks this semester, anticipating that at least half of the events will be cancelled by cloudy weather.

In the event of cloudy weather, this post will be updated to indicate if a viewing is cancelled.

The dates and times that we’ve scheduled are below. Note that the event times shift earlier as the dates get closer to the winter solstice.

• Saturday, October 4, 7:30-9:30 PM: International Observe the Moon Night – attended by 21 people.
• Saturday, October 25, 7:30-9:30 PM
• Saturday, November 8, 6:30-8:30 PM
• Saturday, November 22, 6:30-8:30 PM
• Saturday, December 6, 6:00-8:00 PM
• Saturday, December 20, 6:00-8:00 PM

If you’re coming to our event, meet us in room 417 of Memorial Hall. We’ll have some astronomy activities and information for a variety of ages that you can peruse while you wait for your turn to go up to the observatory.

Accessibility: You can take an elevator up to room 417, but it is necessary to climb stairs up one floor to the roof and into the observatory to reach the telescope.