60-inch Telescope Public Ticket Night: AUGUST 26, 2022
08/26/2022 07:30 PM PT
Admission
- $95.00
Location
Mount Wilson Observatory
Mount Wilson, CA 91023
United States of America
Building Number: 60-inch Telescope
Mount Wilson, CA 91023
United States of America
Building Number: 60-inch Telescope
Summary
Mount Wilson's 60-inch Telescope Public Ticket Nights offer tickets to individuals. This session runs from 7:30 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.
Description
Mount Wilson's 60-inch Telescope Public Ticket Nights make the remarkable experience of telescope viewing available to individuals. Come enjoy a night to observe the stars with the first large, precision-made reflecting telescope in the world - the one that revolutionized the technology. You will be looking through the historic telescope that astronomer Harlow Shapley used to measure the size of our Milky Way Galaxy for the first time and find our position in it, removing us from the center.
Come enjoy an incredible night of astronomy on one of the largest telescopes in the world available for public use.