Three College Observatory Telescope Schedule

 

 The Three College Observatory's 32-inch telescope is open to the public on selected PUBLIC nights (marked in red below).

November 11

Wednesday

7:30

RCCC (Howard)

Danford

November 13

Friday

7:30

Mebane Cub Scouts (Tyre)

Danford

November 14

Saturday

7:30

Public Night (no tickets left -- sorry)

Muir

November 15

Sunday

7

AST 235

Danford

November 16

Monday

7:30

AST 209

Miroshnichenko

November 17

Tuesday

7

Campus Rec (Ackerman)

Danford

November 18

Wednesday

7:30

AST 209

Miroshnichenko

December 11

Friday

7

St. Mark’s (Bailey)

Danford

December 18

Friday

7

Public Night (no tickets left -- sorry)

Danford

January 16

Saturday

7

Public Night

Danford

February 12

Friday

7:30

Public Night

March 13

Saturday

8

Public Night

April 16

Friday

8:30

Public Night

May 15

Saturday

8:30

Public Night

The observatory is a small building so it is necessary to limit the number of guests at each session. Please request tickets for public nights by filling out this online ticket request form. There is no cost for the tickets -- UNCG faculty volunteer their time to host these public nights.  Alternately, you may call the UNCG Physics Department at 336-334-5844 for tickets, further information, or to schedule an observing session for a group. Public nights are seriously oversubscribed; please call before attempting to obtain public night tickets for any group larger than 6 – 8 people.

 

For a detailed map and driving directions to reach the observatory click here.

 

On most nights a decision will be made as to cloud conditions, sky suitability, and road conditions after about 5:30 – 6:30 pm. To determine whether the observatory will be open, please call (after 5:30) the observatory answering service 334-3242 for a recorded message.

 

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