Ashcroft Observatory

Ashcroft Observatory The Ashcroft Observatory is open to the public and free to all. Open Monday nights if the weather is clear.

Please check our story that day to see if we will be open.

We will be open from 7pm to 10pm tonight, Monday the 22nd. Come by for a solar viewing at first, then a moon viewing as ...
06/22/2026

We will be open from 7pm to 10pm tonight, Monday the 22nd. Come by for a solar viewing at first, then a moon viewing as the night progresses!

We will be open this afternoon, Monday the 15th, at 7pm for a safe solar viewing through solar scopes. Afterwards, once ...
06/15/2026

We will be open this afternoon, Monday the 15th, at 7pm for a safe solar viewing through solar scopes. Afterwards, once the sun sets we will continue with our normal night time observations!

Image Credit: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

We will be open tonight, Friday the 12th, at 9:30pm!
06/12/2026

We will be open tonight, Friday the 12th, at 9:30pm!

We will be open tonight! Wednesday the 10nth at 9:30pm!
06/10/2026

We will be open tonight! Wednesday the 10nth at 9:30pm!

06/10/2026

THIS IS A TEST!

We will open tonight, Wed 3, at 9:30!
06/04/2026

We will open tonight, Wed 3, at 9:30!

Hey everyone, we’ll open tonight, and do things a bit differently. We’ll open sooner, 7:00 pm, and do some sun observing...
06/01/2026

Hey everyone, we’ll open tonight, and do things a bit differently. We’ll open sooner, 7:00 pm, and do some sun observing with our solar telescopes. Then once it’s dark we’ll do some star observing as well. Feel free to come whenever you’re able!

Come check this out if you’re interested! We’ll be there and have a solar scope, a way to look at the Sun safely and in ...
05/06/2026

Come check this out if you’re interested! We’ll be there and have a solar scope, a way to look at the Sun safely and in detail

We’ll open tonight at 9! It should clear up nicely by then. See you there! Check throughout the week on our story. We wi...
05/05/2026

We’ll open tonight at 9! It should clear up nicely by then. See you there! Check throughout the week on our story. We will open other days besides Monday in the summertime.

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End Of Observatory Road
Cedar City, UT
84720

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