Updated 6:08 PM January 12

Due to overcast skies, the “cloud-date” viewing scheduled for Sunday, January 12 from 7:00 – 9:00 pm is being cancelled.  This viewing was scheduled after the Saturday, January 11 viewing also had to be cancelled due to weather.

Our next regularly scheduled viewing is Saturday, February 8 from 7:00 – 9:00 pm with an alternate date of February 9 in the event of poor weather conditions.

Everyone is welcome to attend public viewings.  To do so, meet in Memorial Hall in room 417 and you will be guided up to the observatory when it is available.  It is necessary to climb the stairs one floor up to the observatory, however the elevator can be taken up to the 4th floor before doing so.

Public viewings are co-hosted by the UPEI Physics Department and the Charlottetown Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC).

As the forecast is calling for rain showers, flurries, and clouds over the weekend, the weather will be unsuitable for viewing the skies so our Public Viewing scheduled for this weekend is cancelled.

Due to cloudy skies, we have cancelled the viewing scheduled for Saturday, October 12, 2013.

The weather is looking clear for tomorrow evening, so we are tentatively scheduling a viewing for Sunday, October 13, 2013 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM.  The forecast will be evaluated later tomorrow and an update posted if this viewing also needs to be cancelled (Keep your fingers crossed for clear skies!).

If the viewing goes ahead, those wishing to attend are asked to meet in Memorial Building Room 417.

UPDATED 5:17 PM October 12 – This viewing has been cancelled due to weather. Please see most recent website post for information about the “cloud”-date viewing.

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We have a public viewing scheduled for Saturday, October 12 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM.  Those attending the viewing are asked to meet in Memorial Building Room 417.

The weather forecast is looking pretty good now, but with a chance of clouds which may interfere with viewing depending on where they land in the sky.  If the weather isn’t appropriate for viewing on Saturday, an update will be posted here by 6:30 PM.

We have a “rain”-date scheduled for Sunday at 7:00-9:00 PM in the event of cancelling Saturday’s event.

Potential viewing for Sep 14th canceled due to projected overcast skies and rain.

As of 3:45pm on Sunday, the weather looks reasonable for the viewing tonight (lack of clouds, unsettled atmosphere).  As the atmosphere will be too unsettled to try to deep sky objects, we’ll be focusing on the moon tonight.