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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!
We should be able to see lots of interesting things in this region of the sky. We’ll check on the status of T Corona Borealis. examine the globular clusters of the Cat’s Eye Nebula (M4) & 80 in Scorpio, M13 & 92 in Hercules, M10, 12 & 14 in Ophiuchus the serpent bearer, M17, 18, 22 & 28 in Sagittarius, & M15 in Pegasus. Open star clusters, like the Northern Jewel box (NGC 6231), M6 & 7 in Scorpio, M11 the Wild Duck Cluster in Scutum, M25 in Sagittarius. Enchanting objects, such as the star Vega and its Ring Nebula - M57 in Lyra, and the Saturn Nebula, NGC 7009. The evening will end with the planet Saturn and its moons, and also a waxing gibbous Moon. Do check the weather.
We are part of the events of FAU’s Family Weekend. See more about the activities schedule at: https://www.fau.edu/newstudent/family/weekend/
