UPDATE (4:10PM Oct. 12): With the forecast calling for the clouds to stay until late tonight, the observation conditions don’t look good so the viewing is cancelled.

We’re going to look into possibly booking another viewing in the next few weeks; so please check this site for a post on that later this week.

UPDATE (5:30PM Oct. 8): The sky has clouded over and it’s supposed to get cloudier, so we have to cancel the viewing. We will try again at our back-up date of Wednesday, October 12 from 8:00-9:30PM.

2016 International Observe the Moon Night (IOMN) is Saturday, October 8 so we will hold a public viewing at our observatory from 8:00PM to 9:30PM.

Our observatory is on the rooftop of UPEI’s Memorial Hall, but we ask that you come first to room 417 to wait for your turn to go up to the telescope. Volunteers from local astronomy groups and UPEI Physics will have information about the Moon and answer any questions for you while you wait.

It is necessary to climb a flight of stairs to reach the telescope, but the elevator can be taken up to the waiting room.

In the evening hours, campus parking lots are free, with parking lots B and C being the nearest lots to Memorial Hall.

If the weather is cloudy and we cannot view the Moon, the event will have to be cancelled. Our back-up date is Wednesday, October 12, from 8:00PM to 9:30PM.

On Saturday, September 17 from 12:00-2:00PM, we’ll be viewing the surface features of the Sun through an H-alpha filter using our solar telescope. You’ll find the telescope set up in UPEI Parking Lot A across from the Farmers’ Market (see campus map here).

If the Sun’s behind clouds, we won’t be able to view it, so check this post or the Twitter feed nearer to the viewing date for the event status.

Our public viewing schedule for the fall of 2016 is still being worked out, but the first two viewings are scheduled as listed below. We’ll also do a few pop-up solar viewings on the UPEI campus as weather and time permits, so keep an eye on our Twitter feed if you’re typically around UPEI and would like to stop by one of those.

Saturday, September 17, 12:00pm to 2:00pm

We’ll be viewing the surface features of the Sun through an H-alpha filter using our solar telescope. You’ll find the telescope set up in UPEI Parking Lot A across from the Farmers’ Market (see campus map here).

If the Sun’s behind clouds, we won’t be able to view it, so check this website or the Twitter feed nearer to the viewing date for the event status.

Saturday, October 8, 8:00PM to 9:30PM

It’s International Observe the Moon Night! We will join people all around the world to observe our Moon (and maybe a few planets that are in the sky too). Details of this event are still being working out, but we will have telescopes set up on the UPEI campus at a location to be determined.

We will also try to hold viewings in November and early December; more information will be posted when we have confirmed the dates.

The weather’s looking sunny for tomorrow (July 20) so we’ll hold a solar viewing from 12:30-1:30 PM.

We’ll be viewing the surface features of the Sun through an H-alpha filter using our solar telescope. You’ll find the telescope set up in UPEI Parking Lot A across from the Farmers’ Market (see campus map here).

UPDATE: Due to cloudy weather, the viewing tonight is cancelled.

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Our next night-time telescope viewing is Saturday, July 9 from 10:00 to 11:00 p.m. Mars and Saturn are in the sky at that time so we hope to have a look at them.

Please come to room 417 of Memorial Hall (location of building and information on parking can be found here).

The viewing is weather-dependent; in the event of cloudy weather, it may have to be cancelled. This post will be updated in the event of weather-related issues.