The Drexel Physics Department hosts a Telescope Open House on the first Wednesday of each month
at 30 minutes past sunset (for 2 hours).
Our next Open House is scheduled for:
Wed, November 4th 5:30-7:30pm
Status: IF the new telescope is in place by then. Currently there is no telescope in the dome while we are completing an upgrade.
LOCATION: Back at the Lynch Observatory on the roof of Curtis
Tenative Upcoming Dates:
None until further notice. Hopefully November and December (and maybe February).
Note that except February we are unlikely to host open houses in 2027 until October.
Please no special requests. We will use the telescope for regularly scheduled open houses and class, but no requests for special events will be approved.
Named in honor of our benefactor, Mr. Joseph Lynch, the Lynch Observatory at Drexel houses a 16" Meade Schmidt-Cassegrain, the largest in Philadelphia.
It is the main facility for Drexel's Physics 232: Observational Astrophysics, and serves host to frequent public observing nights.
Public open nights are scheduled (typically) for the first Wednesday of every month during the academic year. Open houses start roughly 30 minutes after sunset, and run for two hours after that.