One Saturday a month, the Observatory hosts a public star party.įree public star parties are held monthly at Griffith Observatory from 2:00 p.m. To learn about what you can see in the night sky over Southern California, check our weekly Sky Report. Hours of telescope operation are not the same as for the building (which closes at 10:00 p.m.) or earlier to enable all viewing to be completed by 9:45 p.m. Please be aware that the demonstrators must cut off the line for each telescope by 9:30 p.m. More people have viewed the filtered disk of the Sun on the Observatory coelostat than any solar telescope on Earth.įree public telescopes are available each evening the Observatory is open and skies are clear. Knowledgeable telescope demonstrators are available to guide visitors in observing. More people have looked through the Zeiss telescope than any telescope in human history. Wilson he said: “If all mankind could look through that telescope, it would change the world!” Since opening in 1935, Griffith Observatory has fulfilled his vision by offering public telescope viewing through the historic Zeiss telescope, historic coelostat (solar telescope), and portable telescopes on the lawn. After looking through the research telescope at Mt. Griffith left funds in his will to build a public observatory in Los Angeles because he believed in the transformative power of observation.
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