Welcome to the Observatory's Front Page. Included here are some of the latest news and articles that may be of interest to our visitors.
FAU's Astronomical Observatory is housed under a four meter diameter dome on the Boca Raton campus of Florida Atlantic University. We welcome students, faculty, staff and members of the general public to join our scheduled observations or our public viewing events. Our telescope is mounted on a small platform, at the top of stairs, looking out of the roof of our building, over Boca Raton, to space and beyond!
Section updated: Aug 12th, 2024
No, this is not about Castor, a bright sextuple star system in the constellation of Gemini.
After 30 years of usage, it seems that the caster wheels that FAU’s dome rolls around upon require replacement. Read more.
Corona Borealis ("CrB") or the "crown north", is a faint constellation of a circlet of stars that lies midway between the star Arcturus in the constellation of Boötes and the "keystone" of Hercules. In this part of the sky, a giant stellar explosion called a nova, is expected to happen. Our Observatory staff is keeping an eye on it and you can too. Read more.
