This Thursday we’ll have some refreshments (lemonade and snacks) to go along with our observing. We have our usual stickers to give away, plus a cool new RVA sticker I want to highlight. I know that technically we’re not in Richmond, but hey, we’re only 20 minutes away, and it’s a really cool sticker and I wanted to have one in this style too. A big thanks to our student sticker-creator, who put up with all my adjustments over the year to create it. It features the Dumbbell Nebula (in the R) and the Crab Nebula (in the A), colorized and taken with our camera on the telescope. All stickers are free, and we’ll be getting more in next week if we run out of your favorite! We will be open from 8:30 - 10 PM.
Jupiter will be up in the sky, and the Moon will be making an appearance later in the night. Since the Sun is setting later and later, we suggest you stay later in the night to get a good dark sky. We’ve only got a few more events until the end of our semester and we take a break until September. Hope to see you there!
We're on campus at Randolph-Macon College, up in Ashland, at the corner of Caroline and Calhoun Street. Parking is free, and you can enter at the doors facing Caroline Street.
NOTE: This event is dependent on the weather. We will post updates on our Instagram (@keebleobservatory) and Bluesky (@keebleobservatory.bsky.social) when we open or close. It is highly suggested that you check our pages before coming out.