Starry Nights: A Free Family Summer Club Get ready for an out-of-this-world experience with Lowell Observatory at the Orpheum Theater on August 7th! Join us for a day of exciting and educational activities focused on the red planet itself: Mars. Each activity is designed to take you on a journey to explore the mysteries of […]
Every Saturday, come up to Mars Hill and meet a Lowell astronomer, planetary scientist, or researcher! Take a peek at real-time images of planets, stars, galaxies and other celestial objects to be displayed on a large television screen outdoors with our new MallinCam. This is your opportunity to see interesting objects in the night sky, […]
Join us at 7pm on Friday, August 18 for a screening of Dialogue Earth, a feature-length documentary directed by Hank Levine. Dialogue Earth offers a moving portrait of the German artist Ulrike Arnold who paints with earth and meteorites from remote areas all around the world, and now travels through archaic, mystical landscapes in the […]
Each summer, the Flagstaff Downtown Business Alliance presents Movies on the Square, a FREE, family-friendly evening on Heritage Square – Flagstaff’s downtown living room. This season, Movies on the Square will resume every Saturday starting May 27th, and will continue through September 2nd. There will be live music and activities starting at 4pm, followed by […]
Every Saturday, come up to Mars Hill and meet a Lowell astronomer, planetary scientist, or researcher! Take a peek at real-time images of planets, stars, galaxies and other celestial objects to be displayed on a large television screen outdoors with our new MallinCam. This is your opportunity to see interesting objects in the night sky, […]
Every Saturday, come up to Mars Hill and meet a Lowell Planetary Astronomer, Dr. Larry Wasserman! Take a peek at real-time images of planets, stars, galaxies and other celestial objects to be displayed on a large television screen outdoors with our new MallinCam. This is your opportunity to see interesting objects in the night sky, […]
Every Saturday, come up to Mars Hill and meet a Lowell astronomer, planetary scientist, or researcher! Take a peek at real-time images of planets, stars, galaxies and other celestial objects to be displayed on a large television screen outdoors with our new MallinCam. This is your opportunity to see interesting objects in the night sky, […]
On the evening of August 26th and into the early morning hours of the 27th, Earth will pass between Saturn and the Sun. Don’t miss your chance to see the Ringed Planet at its biggest and brightest! Learn more about the opposition of Saturn on our blog: https://lowell.edu/saturn-to-be-at-its-biggest-and-brightest-in-august/
On August 27th, 2023, Lowell Observatory will be hosting a member-only private viewing through our Dyer telescope from 8:30PM-10PM. The focus of this viewing? Saturn at opposition. What does it mean for Saturn to be at opposition? Saturn is at opposition when it lies opposite from the Sun in the sky. When at opposition, Saturn […]
Join a Lowell Observatory educator at the Rotunda Museum for a talk on the origin and features of the Moon and the role of the observatory in lunar exploration. After the talk, we will take a walk to the observatory overlook to view the rising Moon through a telescope. *Time and date changes each month
Join a Lowell Observatory educator at the Rotunda Museum for a talk on the origin and features of the Moon and the role of the observatory in lunar exploration. After the talk, we will take a walk to the observatory overlook to view the rising Moon through a telescope. *Time and date changes each month
Every Saturday, come up to Mars Hill and meet a Lowell astronomer, planetary scientist, or researcher! Take a peek at real-time images of planets, stars, galaxies and other celestial objects to be displayed on a large television screen outdoors with our new MallinCam. This is your opportunity to see interesting objects in the night sky, […]