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Because of the cloudy weather, observing is cancelled tonight. We will try again next week!

Observing is on for tonight, Thursday, November 2, starting at 7pm. Hope to see you there!

Clouds look like they’re going to stick around through the evening at least, so we won’t have observing tonight. We will try again next, on Thursday, November 2, starting at our earlier time of 7pm. Keep your fingers crossed for … Continue reading →

The clouds look like they’re here to stay through the evening, so no observing tonight. We will also have no observing next week, so we’ll try again on October 26!

Observing is ON for tonight! Hope to see you out there!

Public observing starts this week! We will observe most Thursday nights (see the schedule for details) that it is clear, starting at 7:30pm in October, then 7:00pm in November and December. Please come out and observe the skies (but make … Continue reading →

Stickney Observatory is closed for the summer as we complete necessary maintenance on our telescopes and prepare for the next academic year. Public observing will resume in early October, 2023. Have a great summer and we hope to see you … Continue reading →

The forecast looks pretty good for tonight so there will be Public Observing! It might not be the clearest night because there’s still some smoke in the atmosphere, but we’ll give it a try anyway! Let’s meet at Stickney around … Continue reading →

The forecast looks great for tonight so we will run Public Observing! We will meet at Stickney Observatory around 9:00-9:15 pm! Anticipating a beautiful sky tonight!

Sadly, it does not look like the weather will be clear enough for us to observe so there will be no Public Observing tonight. We will try again next week on Thursday, May 18th at 9:00pm! Hope to see you … Continue reading →