OBSERVATORY OPEN HOUSE SCHEDULE FOR THE 2024/2025 SCHOOL YEAR
ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY
FALL/SPRING 2024/2025 STAR PARTY OPEN-HOUSE SCHEDULE
Free public Observatory Open Houses will be held at the ETSU campus Observatory one
Saturday each month during the school year when the weather permits. The dates and
times are listed below. During these open houses, the telescopes will be set up and
available for visitors to view celestial objects, and ETSU astronomers/physicists
will be available to answer questions. During each open house, one of the ETSU astronomers
or physicists will give a short talk on a popular astronomical topic. All programs
are open to the public and free of charge. Note that Observatory Open Houses are cancelled
if the sky is cloudy. If you are uncertain as to the weather conditions, call the
observatory before traveling up there to make sure the Open House will be held. For
more information, contact Dr. Beverly Smith or Dr. Gary Henson. The phone number at the Observatory is 423-929-3382. The street address of the Harry
D. Powell Observatory is 1101 Narrow Lane, Johnson City. In the following schedule, in addition to the evening events at the Observatory,
we also list a special public Astronomy lecture to be held in the Brown Hall Auditorium
(Brown 112) on Thurs Oct 3 at 4:30 PM.
September 7
8 pm - 10 pm
`The Astronomical Origins of the Holidays'
Presented by Dr. Gary Henson
(Assisted by Dr. Mark Giroux)
October 3 (Thursday)
4:30 - 5:30 PM, in Brown Hall 112 (the Brown Hall Auditorium)
`The Europa Clipper Mission'
Presented by Trina Ray, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
October 5
8 pm - 10 pm
`The Search for (Potentially) Habitable Exoplanets: Where do we Stand?'
Presented by Dr. Mark Giroux
(Assisted by Dr. Gary Henson)
November 9
8 - 10 pm
`T Coronae Borealis: The Remarkable Repeating Nova Explosion that is Once-in-a-Lifetime'
Presented by Dr. Richard Ignace
(Assisted by )
February 1
8 - 10 pm
Black Holes in Space and on Earth
Presented by Dr. Frank Hagelberg
(Assisted by Dr. Richard Ignace)
March 1
8 pm - 10 pm
Space Travel: Past, Present and Future
Presented by Dr. Yuriy Razskazovskiy
(Assisted by )
April 5
8 pm - 10 pm
Galaxy Interactions and Mergers
Presented by Dr. Beverly Smith
(Assisted by Dr. Mark Giroux)
Last updated by B. J. Smith April 3, 2025