Department of Physics St.FX University

04/09/2025

With the end of term comes the end of the regular observing sessions. The weather was particularly uncooperative this term.
Here's hoping that the fall term skies will be more favourable.

04/02/2025

Unfortunately the Observatory is closed this evening.

03/26/2025

Another cloudy Wednesday. No observing session tonight.

03/19/2025

Still a lot of clouds as of this posting. The Observatory will not be open tonight.

03/13/2025

Unfortunately, we are unable to open the Observatory tonight.
For those of you who will be awake between about 2 and 6 a.m. overnight (i.e., early Friday morning), you can enjoy a total lunar eclipse! No telescope required. Mid-eclipse is around 4 a.m.

03/12/2025

The Observatory is not open tonight. We'll try again tomorrow (Thursday, March 13th).

02/12/2025

No observing sessions tonight or tomorrow (Feb. 12,13), or next week. We'll try the week following (Wed., Feb 26th).

01/15/2025

They're here!! This year's department hoodies are ready to be ordered. Follow the link in our bio to purchase. The store closes on January 20th 👕🔭

12/04/2024

The forecast is for clouds and slight chance of a flurry until late this evening, so the Observatory will not open tonight.

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11/28/2024

Clouds are in the forecast again. There will be no observation session tonight.

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11/27/2024

Cloudy weather again in the forecast. The observatory will be closed this evening.

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11/20/2024

Clouds are in the forecast again, so the Observatory will not open tonight.

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