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.
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.
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