Observatory viewing tickets are $10.00 each (BMS members save 10%), and can be purchased: Reservations can only be made day-of (Wednesdays), beginning at 10 a.m. In addition to a limited number of hosted, 20-minute sessions in the Kellogg Observatory (reservations open at 10 a.m.), guests can purchase a rooftop-only viewing ticket, where they can view the five planets through the Museum’s rooftop telescopes. On Wednesday, August 15, Venus, Moon, Jupiter, Saturn and Mars will all be visible in the night’s sky! To celebrate this celestial occasion, the Buffalo Museum of Science is hosting planetary activities throughout the day, offering special planetarium shows (30-minute presentations from 4:30 to 8:45 p.m.) and, weather permitting, rooftop viewing. Please Note: Although the roof and observatory spaces are fully accessible to Museum guests, stairs are used inside the Kellogg Observatory to reach the Lundin telescope. After 9:00 p.m., the rest of the Museum will be closed, and guests will be escorted to and from the fourth floor by Museum staff. After the 30-minute session, guests will also have access to the Buffalo in Space science studio. With a viewing ticket, guests will enjoy 30 minutes under the Kellogg Observatory dome, hear from the astronomy specialist about the night sky, and look into the restored Lundin telescope. sessions will have the option to add Museum admission for a discounted price of $10.00 per person, and may arrive as early as they please to visit the Museum before their observatory visit.Īccess to the observatory will be offered in timed, 30-minute sessions, and led by a trained Museum astronomy specialist. Non-member guests attending the 8:00 p.m.
will include Museum admission, and guests are welcome to visit the Museum before or after their observatory session (Museum closes at 9 p.m.). The observatory will be open on Saturdays near first quarter lunar phases. Sessions starting at 6:30 p.m., 7:00 p.m. The James Richard Jewett Observatory houses the largest refracting telescope. This model is motorized with go-to capabilities and tracking.The Buffalo Museum of Science will offer regular Kellogg Observatory viewing hours on Wednesday nights until 11 p.m., weather permitting, during and directly following regular extended hours from 10 a.m. This is another 6-inch diameter primary Newtonian design telescope on an alt-az mount that attaches to a tripod. It does have a computerized hand paddle with "push-to" capabilities. It is very simple to use and is not motorized, so it is very portable. This is a tabletop Dobsonian telescope, which is a simple Newtonian telescope design with an altitude-azimuth (basically up/down-left/right) mount and a 6-inch diameter primary mirror. Optical Equipment for Lease: Orion Starblast 6i Intelliscope. Alternatively, dependent upon the availability of a volunteer from OSU Astronomy, a stargazing event can be requested in which the volunteer from the department brings the requested equipment and is present to manage the telescopes at the event.
We have small (6-inch) telescopes and sets of binoculars ready to freely lend to organized, educational groups in exchange for a fully refundable deposit and signed agreement for liability for loss or damage. The Ohio State University Department of Astronomy is pleased to offer a telescope lending library for educational organizations (e.g., public, private, or homeschool school groups, scouting groups, 4H, library programs, etc.).
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