Events
Schedule of Observation Days and Times:
Public Viewing
Night
Observations:
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1st
Fridays &
3rd
Tuesdays
of the month*
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7:30 p.m. — Late |
Public Viewing Night Observations:
*
Our twice-a-month Public Viewing sessions are regularly scheduled on the 1st
Friday and 3rd
Tuesday of each month in place of our student's regular observations.
HOWEVER, this schedule may get altered due to events that have a particularly special astronomical interest.
Schedules that become altered due to either an event of astronomical interest or due to some other event (such as a University-wide football game) will be discussed about on the Front Page of the website and will be listed in our
Events Calendar.
There is NO charge for these Public Viewing sessions. While anyone may attend these viewing sessions, students should not expect to receive credit for these sessions.
Please note that
night sessions are conducted in our
night mode
, which uses all red lights. We do this to avoid blue lights, which oversaturates our
rod
sensing cells in our eyes, temporarily degrading our
night
or
scotopic
vision. Night vision is what people use to see the
faint nebular fuzzies
up in the sky, and it takes about 40 minutes to build up to its full strength. As white light contains lots of blue in it, we need to avoid it as well. So as a curtesy to other visitors please turn off smart phones and PDAs for your own and other's sake. Use a nightmode to take photographs, or at least a red filter over your flash. Thank you.
Events Calendar:
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November 2024
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Sunday
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Saturday
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1
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🌑
New
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Session rescheduled.
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3
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Daylight Shifty Time Ends
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10
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Lunar Occultation of Saturn
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21
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🌠
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Alpha Monocerotids
M. S.
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