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LANDOLT ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY

Public Observing Schedule -

Once a month, on the Saturday (or sometimes Sunday) nearest the First Quarter Moon, with a "rain date" on the next day (Sunday) at the same time of day as Saturday. If the weather is mostly cloudy, there will not be any observing, as there will not be any celestial body to see.

Admission is free and you need not bring anything. The observatory was built in the late 1930's and is not handicapped accessible.

2007 DATES
 
Tues, August 28
4:30-6:30 AM CDT
Total lunar eclipse
Sun, September 16
8:00-9:00 PM CDT
Crescent Moon, Jupiter
Sun, October 21
7:30-8:30 PM CDT
Moon, Jupitor, Uranus
Tues, October 30
9:00-10:00 PM CDT
Comet Holmes!
Sat, November 17
7:00-8:00 PM CST
Comet Holmes, Moon, Uranus
Sat, December 15
8:00-9:00 PM CST
Mars near opposition, Moon
     
2008 DATES
   
Sat, January 19

7:00-8:00 PM CST
Moon next to Mars & Orion
Tues, January 22
5:45-6:45 PM CST
BR LSU Alumni Association
Sat, February 16
8:00-9:00 PM CST
Mars, Moon, Saturn, Orion
Wed, February 20
8:00-10:00 PM CST
Total lunar eclipse
Sat, March 15
8:00-9:00 PM CDT
Saturn, Mars, Moon, Orion
Sat, April 12
8:30-9:30 PM CDT
Saturn, Moon, Mars
Sat, May 10
8:30-9:30 PM CDT
Saturn, Quarter Moon, Mars

Past Public Observing Schedules -

Directions to the Observatory -

The Landolt Astronomical Observatory is located on the LSU campus on the roof of Nicholson Hall on Tower Dr. immediately west of the LSU Student Union (across Tower Dr.). Convenient parking in the lot immediately south of Nicholson Hall (this lot is between Nicholson Hall and Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex. Parking in the lot is free and open after business hours and on weekends. Entry to the building should be by the door in the middle of the south side of Nicholson Hall. People will then be directed to climb the stairs up to the roof.

The History of the Landolt Astronomical Observatory -

Photo Gallery -

BREC-LSU-BRAS Highland Road Park Observatory -

Baton Rouge Astronomical Society -

 

 

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