Become an astronomer and observe the Sun safely with a filtered telescope. Join us outside the Museum entrance to view a variety of features on the Sun. Knowledgeable staff will be there to answer questions and guide observing. This program takes place on the second Saturday of each month.

If clouds are blocking the view of the sky, find us inside the Museum’s Space Hangar to see images of the Sun taken by a satellite.

Accessibility: Written and touchable explanatory materials are available for learners of all types.

  • Disk view of the Sun with multiple sunspot clusters, individual sunsplots, and prominences of plasma floating above the Sun's surface.
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     The Sun in hydrogen-alpha light, viewed through a safe filtered telescope. Several prominences are visible extending past the Sun's edges.

  • Sun - February 15, 2011
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    The Sun in white light, viewed through a safe filtered telescope. Two groups of dark sunspots are visible on the Sun's surface.

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  • Disk view of the Sun with multiple sunspot clusters, individual sunsplots, and prominences of plasma floating above the Sun's surface.
  • Sun - February 15, 2011
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Thomas W. Haas Foundation
Otto Haas Charitable Trust
The Waterman Trust
Wyncote Foundation
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