Upcoming Observatory Open House

The PLU Physics Department is opening up the Keck Observatory to the public for tours on the evening of Thursday, August 14th from 8:30-11pm. All are invited to take a tour of the observatory, learn about the stars, and look through telescopes (if there are clear skies)! If there’s a crowd, we’ll be letting 12 people into the observatory every ten minutes. While you wait to get into the observatory, look through the incredible telescopes The Tacoma Astronomical Society has set up outside!

Evenings can be cool, so dress for summer night temperatures. This event is free and open to the public. Parking on the street and the surrounding lots is also free. Follow the red lights to the observatory dome. Check out the map of our campus to find your way to the observatory: map.plu.edu