Solar observing sessions will be held in the late morning/early afternoon for one week at the Campus Observatory, southeast of Foellinger Auditorium. Observing will take place on the lawn on the west side of the Observatory using portable telescopes and specially-designed solar filters. Astronomy Department personnel will be present to operate and explain the telescope and the solar phenomena being viewed. Freely ask questions and sketch what you see.

Dates

The scheduled dates for solar observing are listed below.

• Monday, Nov. 2nd, 10:30am-3:30pm
• Tuesday, Nov. 3rd, 10:30am-3:30pm
• Wednesday, Nov. 4th, 10:30am-3:30pm
• Thursday, Nov. 5th, 10:30am-3:30pm

Weather

Observing can be done only if the sky is clear. Sometimes it will be clear an hour before a session is to start, only to cloud over in the next hour. At other times the sky is cloudy at the time we want to open the observatory and it clears up after the professors and the T.A.s have gone home. It is obvious to say that the professors and T.A.s who are involved cannot control the weather, but we try to cope with the circumstances as best we can.

Also, if the temperature is under 20 F, the session will be cancelled.

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