Kirkwood is scheduled to be open tonight, 9:00-10:30pm! Unfortunately, the forecast looks cloudy, but we’ll still be open for tours!

We have a busy week coming up to kick off our spring outreach season!

Tonight, March 25, 9-10:30pm: Kirkwood Observatory opens for the season

Friday, March 27, 8-10pm: Star Party with Monroe County Parks and Rec at Flatwoods Park

Saturday, March 28, 1-3pm: The first spring Solar Saturday

That’s a wrap on #AAS247! Thanks to everyone who joined us for our presentations this week. For more on research and outreach happening in the IU Astronomy department, follow us here and check out our website: astro.indiana.edu/index.html

Kirkwood Observatory will be open for Solar Saturdays today (3/1) from 1:00 to 3:00pm. While the skies are somewhat cloudy at the moment, if they stick around indefinitely, we will do daytime tours! See you there!☀️

Kirkwood Observatory is scheduled to be open Saturday (3/1) from 1:00 to 3:00 pm for our first Solar Saturday of the semester! The current forecast is clear skies with the possibility of overcast, but check back around 11:00 am on 3/1 for the final call! ☀️

Hello Bloomington! Our first AoT event of the year will be from 6 to 7:30 pm on Feb 26, 2025 at our favorite bar Orbit Room! And our very own IU professor and Chair Prof. Caty Pilachowski @cpilacho.bsky.social will be one of the speakers! Let's have a good turnout and make this event successful!

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

Hello Blue Sky! We have finally begun our transition from X to here. On this page, you can expect to get updates about when the Kirkwood Observatory is open to public viewing for both our refracting and Solar telescopes. We also share about other departmental events, news, or anything astronomy!