Please ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes of website accessibility Events for March 29 – May 4 – Lowell Observatory

Haunted Hill Tours | Oct. 28 – 31

Lowell Observatory 1400 W Mars Hill Rd, Flagstaff, AZ, United States

Haunted Hill Tours | Oct. 28 - 31 Are You Afraid of the Dark... Skies? After meeting your ghoulish guide at the Saturn Gate next to the Steele Visitor Center, you will be taken on a spine-tingling tour of Lowell Observatory’s grounds while you hear stories of our spookiest tall tales and unexplained happenings. Who […]

$24 – $35

Haunted Hill Tours | Oct. 28 – 31

Lowell Observatory 1400 W Mars Hill Rd, Flagstaff, AZ, United States

Haunted Hill Tours | Oct. 28 - 31 Are You Afraid of the Dark... Skies? After meeting your ghoulish guide at the Saturn Gate next to the Steele Visitor Center, you will be taken on a spine-tingling tour of Lowell Observatory’s grounds while you hear stories of our spookiest tall tales and unexplained happenings. Who […]

$24 – $35

Total Lunar Eclipse | November 8, 2022

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Attention night owls! 🦉✨ Join us on YouTube at 2am MST on November 8 to celebrate the total lunar eclipse! Lowell Historian Kevin Schindler and Moon expert John Compton will be your hosts as we await totality at 4am MST. *Note: Programming may be adjusted due to inclement weather.

Free
Event Series Moonrise Program

Moonrise Program

Rotunda Museum, Lowell Observatory 1400 W Mars Hill Rd, Flagstaff, AZ, United States

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 […]

Included with General Admission
Event Series Moonrise Program

Moonrise Program

Rotunda Museum, Lowell Observatory 1400 W Mars Hill Rd, Flagstaff, AZ, United States

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 […]

Included with General Admission

Shocked Poststarburst Galaxy Candidates

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Galaxies that are transitional between active star-forming and quiescent phases are known as shocked poststarburst galaxies. Antoniu Fodor of the University of Toledo—one of Lowell Observatory’s LDT institutional science partners—uses the LDT to identify and study them. Tonight, he will join Lowell Historian Kevin Schindler to share the results of this research.

Free

Event Series Moonrise Program

Moonrise Program

Lowell Observatory, Rotunda Museum 1400 W Mars Hill Rd, Flagstaff, AZ, United States

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

Included with General Admission
Event Series Moonrise Program

Moonrise Program

Lowell Observatory, Rotunda Museum 1400 W Mars Hill Rd, Flagstaff, AZ, United States

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

Included with General Admission

Mars Opposition at Lowell Observatory

Lowell Observatory 1400 W Mars Hill Rd, Flagstaff, AZ, United States

See the opposition of Mars at the one and only Giovale Open Deck Observatory (GODO) on December 8, 2022! Starting at 6:00pm, join us in viewing Mars at its biggest and brightest through the six state-of-the-art telescopes of the GODO. Later on, hear astronomer, researcher, and Mars expert Dr. Jennifer Hanley will present results from […]

General Admission

Mars Opposition with McDonald Observatory | Livestream Event

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We're teaming up with McDonald Observatory in West Texas for the 2022 Mars Opposition! Starting at 7pm MST on December 8, John Compton and Kevin Schindler of Lowell Observatory will join members of the McDonald team in a discussion about all things Mars. They'll take a deep dive into the Red Planet's science, history, geology, […]

Free

The Artemis Exploration Zone at the Lunar South Pole

Lowell Observatory 1400 W Mars Hill Rd, Flagstaff, AZ, United States

Join Dr. David Kring, from The Center for Lunar Science & Exploration, for a talk about The Artemis Exploration Zone. The successful launch and flight of Artemis I to the Moon is the first stage of an Artemis program that explores the Moon and develops a capability to press deeper into the Solar System. The […]

Interactive Stargazing | It’s Stargazing, Reimagined! December 15, 2022

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You will tell Lowell Observatory where to point the telescope in this LIVE Interactive Stargazing experience on December 15 at 10pm PDT! Get ready for the BRAND NEW Interactive Stargazing 2.0: Discover the skies with Lowell Observatory, live from our Giovale Open Deck Observatory. Make requests for objects you want to see in the night […]

Free