Author Archives: Hugh Crowl

Our public observing at Stickney Observatory begins in early October, but we are running a special observing night in collaboration with the Robert Frost Stone House Museum on September 19, beginning at 8pm (“cloud date” of September 20). The address … Continue reading →

Stickney Observatory is closed for the summer, as the students are off campus and we do observatory maintenance. Stay tuned for our reopening in late September or early October!

The observatory will re-open for public observing starting next week, on Thursday, February 26. The schedule for the spring term is on the observatory webpage under the “Schedule and Information” heading. Please remember that we can only observe when it’s … Continue reading →

The observatory is closed to the public during the college’s winter break while students are off campus and we conduct maintenance projects at the observatory. We plan to re-open in late February or early March. Watch this page for an … Continue reading →

The observatory has been closed for the summer, but we are looking forward to reopening for public observing in late September or early October. Watch our website for details as we get closer to that time!

Our observatory is closed to the public over the Summer, while students are away and we’re doing maintenance. We will re-open in the Fall, likely in mid-September. Watch here for details!

Unfortunately, it appears that tonight is going to be cloudy, so observing is cancelled for tonight. We’ll try again next week!

The skies seem stubbornly cloudy today, so we will not have observing tonight. We’ll try again next Thursday.

We have finally resolved the maintenance issues with our main telescope and look as if we might be getting some clear weather starting this week. As such, we will begin our (abbreviated) spring public night session this week! Weather permitting, … Continue reading →

Join us for our last observing night of 2023. There are light clouds and our main telescope is packed away to go off for service over the winter break, but we will pull out a smaller telescope or two and … Continue reading →