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LANDOLT ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORYProfessor Emeritus Arlo U. Landolt

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.

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2016 DATES
TIME
MAIN TARGETS
Sat, Jan 16 7:00-8:00 PM CST Half Moon and Orion Nebula
Tues, Jan 19 8:00-9:00 PM CST Aldebaran Occultation
(see the Moon cover the Eye of the Bull)
Bring binoculars if you can
Sat, Feb 13 7:00-8:00 PM CST Orion Nebula, sextuple star, and Moon
Sat, Mar 12 9:00-10:00 PM CST Jupiter and moons, Sirius, Orion Nebula
Sat, Apr 16 8:30-9:30 PM CDT Jupiter near gibbous Moon

 

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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 is located 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.