Observing Night (3/25) Cancelled

Due to the rain and hail tonight, observing night has been cancelled. Hopefully the coming weeks will be more clear!

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Observing Nights for Spring 2015 Scheduled!

Public observing has been scheduled for the Spring 2015 term. We will be open for observing:

  • Thursday, March 12 at 7:30pm
  • Wednesday, March 25 at 8:00pm
  • Thursday, April 9 at 8:00pm
  • Wednesday, April 22 at 8:30pm
  • Thursday, May 14 at 9:00pm
  • Wednesday, May 27 at 9:00pm

As always, public nights are free and open to the public. Public observing typically runs for approximately 1-1.5 hours, depending on the number of people who show up. Also, public observing is “weather permitting,” so please make sure to check back here or on twitter (@StickneyObs) after 5pm on the day of the observing to see if we will be able to observe that night.

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Observing Night Cancelled (12/4)

It looked like it was going to be a clear night earlier, but it’s gotten pretty cloudy so unfortunately we’ll have to cancel observing night.

This was our last night of the term, but hopefully next term will be more promising!

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Observing Night Cancelled for November 13

We had great weather last night, but unfortunately tonight is just cloudy. Our next and final observing night is going to be on December 4 at 8pm.

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Public Observing Night cancelled (10/30)

Once again it’s too cloudy to do any observing so observing night will be cancelled tonight. Be sure to check back for our last two scheduled nights on November 13th and December 4th.

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Observing night cancelled (10/23)

Due to rainy weather, we’re cancelling public observing night. Our next planned night is on October 30th at 8pm, hopefully that night will be clear!

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Observing Cancelled Tonight (October 2)

Observing tonight has been cancelled due to clouds. Our next observing night is on Thursday, October 23 at 8pm.

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Family Weekend Observing On!

The skies are predicted to be beautifully clear tonight (September 26), so Family Weekend Observing is on as scheduled. We will be observing starting at 9pm tonight at Stickney Observatory.

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Fall 2014 Public Observing

Public observing has been scheduled for the Fall 2014 term. We will be open for observing:

  • Thursday, October 2 at 8pm
  • Thursday, October 23 at 8pm
  • Thursday, October 30 at 8pm
  • Thursday, November 13 at 8pm
  • Thursday, December 4 at 8pm

As always, public nights are free and open to the public. Public observing typically runs for approximately 1-1.5 hours, depending on the number of people who show up. Also, public observing is “weather permitting,” so please make sure to check back here after 5pm on the day of the observing to see if we will be able to observe that night.

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Fall Observing Nights Coming Soon!

Check back soon for our Fall 2014 observing night schedule.

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