Sunday May 19th - Owls of Riverview Park. Dave Bennett will talk about the behaviors of owls and share pictures of the Great Horned Owl family that lives near the observatory. Reservations
Friday May 17th - Cosmic Inflation: Then and Now. Lecture by Andrew Zentner. Reservations required and available starting Monday April 22nd.
Monday May 6th - Dark Skies Event. Details coming soon.
Saturday May 4th - Celebration of Student Research
Are you a high school student interested in doing a project at the Allegheny Observatory? Are you interested in what project the high school students are doing? Do you have a K-5 student who would like to do some hands on activities? Please join us! Reservations required.
Wednesday April 24th - Dark Skies Meeting
7:00 All are welcome
Tuesday April 23rd. Full Moon Hike and Tour. Register
Friday April 19th. Lecture by Dr. Sandyha Rao. Solar Eclipses, Shadow Bands, and Balloon Launches
Most Thursdays and Fridays starting April 4th. Enjoy a tour of the observatory with science and history. If the weather is clear, finish at the historic 13" telescope for viewing. Reservations required at Eventbrite or by calling 412-321-2400.
March 24. Mom Loves you to the Moon and Back
March 23. Teacher Tour.
March 15. Lecture. Women's History Month
Friday Feb 23. Teacher Tour.
Saturday February 17. Dark Sky Meeting
Friday February 16. Lecture.
Thursday, February 15. 4 to 5 P.M. Barco Law Building Auditorium (Pitt Campus)Secrets of Einstein's EquationAlbert Einstein is indelibly associated with a famous equation: E=mc^2, relating the mass of an object to its energy. But that is not what physicists have in mind when they say "Einstein's Equation." The real Einstein's Equation is part of general relativity, which relates the curvature of spacetime to the mass and energy distributed within it. I will explain why the geometry of spacetime has anything to do with gravity, and how this famous equation expresses how spacetime curves. Reception to follow. NOTE: IN OAKLAND - NOT AT ALLEGHENY OBSERVATORY
February 23 - Teacher Tour. Mix science, history, and field trip logistics on a tour of the observatory. Use the 13" historic telescope if the weather is good. Teachers and their families are welcome. Sign up here.
February 7, 18 - Middle School Jupiter Observer Project. Small groups of middle school students visit the observatory and explore planetary motions and solar system models. They observe Jupiter and the moons and use their observations and those of others the understand Jupiter's system. Sign up here Feb 7, Feb 18,
January 10, 14, 23, 26 - Middle School Jupiter Observer Project. Small groups of middle school students visit the observatory and explore planetary motions and solar system models. They observe Jupiter and the moons and use their observations and those of others the understand Jupiter's system. Sign up here Dec. 20 Jan 10, Jan 14, Jan 23, Jan 26
January 3 - Teacher Tour. Mix science, history, and field trip logistics on a tour of the observatory. Use the 13" historic telescope if the weather is good. Teachers and their families are welcome. Sign up here.
Dec 13 and 20 - Middle School Project. Small groups of middle school students visit the observatory and explore planetary motions and solar system models. They observe Jupiter and the moons and use their observations and those of others the understand Jupiter's system. Sign up here Dec. 13 or Dec. 20
December 10 - Teacher Tour. Mix science, history and field trip logistics on a tour of the building. Observe with the 13" historic telescope if the weather is good. This is for teachers and their families. Sign up here.
November 24th - John Brashear's Birthday. Learn a bit about John Brashear, try your hand at lensmaking, view Saturn in the 13" and have a birthday cookie. This is for our guests who are 12 and under with their families. Sign up here. Event Full
October 29th - The Haunted Space Mansion. The observatory will be temporarily renamed and filled with activities at the intersection of science and Halloween for children from Kindergarten through 5th grade. Costumes are welcome. There will be one scary hallway but otherwise the ghosts will be friendly. Sign up here. EVENT FULL
October 28th - Full Moon Hike with the Riverview Park Rangers followed by observing the moon with the 13" telescope. Sign up here. EVENT FULL
October 14 - Partial Solar Eclipse. Come see the projection of the partial solar eclipse, learn about Samuel Langley and sunspots and see a live stream from the Shadow Bandits in Texas. Entry times are 11:30, 12:30 and 1:30. Sign up here. EVENT FULL