Estes Park Memorial Observatory

Hours & Calendar

The Observatory is open to the general public on Open House nights and the EVAS  (www.evastro.org) astronomy club nights.  We also have some special events hosted by local groups that are also open to the public.  Examples of the special events are the Quota Club Home Tour and the Estes Park Winter Festival which are hosted by a particular group but also want to welcome the public.  Some of the special events might request a small donation fee ($3 to $5 per person) for incidentals.  Check the calendar to see if there is a special event that says open to the public.  

The open house nights start with a tour of the observatory and a presentation of our star wall and a discussion of the nights viewing. The monthly EVAS club meetings start at 7:00 PM with a short business meeting followed by a general discussion of current astronomical events and a presentation by a scheduled speaker (see "This Month's EVAS Meeting").  The discussion and presentation lasts about an hour followed by telescope observation.  Of course all observation is weather dependent and if all else fails we have access to a great audio visual system and we can watch a star movie.

For those who can't attend one of the public or club meeting nights, we offer private observation sessions based on our booking calendar and availability of the volunteer staff who can operate the telescopes. For an appointment, please review the calendar and select an open evening. Then go to the Scheduling Page to give us the details of your visit.  As a rule of thumb  and for practical reasons we would like to make the groups between 5 and 20 people so we can provide a  great experience  to as many as possible.  There is no charge for charitable or civic groups but private groups should consider a small donation to support the observatory and the EVAS club whose members supply the volunteers that operate the observatory.

To review our monthly calendar, please scroll down further.

Please give us at least 1 week notice, when requesting a date.

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August 2010
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
1	2	3 Friendship Force of  Rockies (20),Irene - 8:30PM	4	5	6	7 Tim Hoyman(8), Mike; 8:30 PM
8 Tim Koers(11), Mike; 8:30 PM	9	10 Doug Page(8), Mike; 8:30 PM	11	12	13	14 Astronomy for families, RMNA, Mark B (15), Noon - 9PM
15   Laura Clarbour Group (6) Mike 8:30PM	16  Sara Rotbart Family (??) Mike 7:30PM	17  Scott & Dot Dorman Family (14) Mike 8:00PM	18  Chuck Taylor Family (6) Mike 8:00PM	19  Auction Group (??) Irene 7:30PM	20  Stephanie Winter (5) Mike 8:00PM	21  Angela + April &Family (10) Mike 8:30PM
22  David & Karen Ludwig (4) 8:30 PM Mike	23	24	25	26      EVAS Meeting - Open to Public 7PM	27	28 RMNA seminar series (15), Irene 7:30PM
29 Public Star Night - Doors Open  8:00 PM	30	31  Jacques Belderok(7) 8:00 PM Mike
September 2010
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
			1  High School Class Todd	2	3	4 Laurie Keiss(2) Mike; 8:00PM
5	6	7	8   High School Class Todd	9	10	11 Public Star Night - Doors Open  7:30PM
12	13	14	15  High School Class Todd	16	17	18  Chad Smith(2) 8:00 PM Mike
19	20	21 Jenn Ebert group; (5) Mike  8:30 PM	22	23 EVAS Meeting - Open to Public 7PM	24	25 Boy Scout Night - Doors Open  7:30PM
26	27	28	29 Good Sams group; (14) Mike  7:30 PM	30
October 2010
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
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3	4	5	6   High School Class Todd	7 Marc, Rubin (4), Mike; 8:00 PM	8	9
10	11	12	13   High School Class Todd	14	15	16
17	18	19 PEO Club Meeting (22) Mike 7:00P	20	21	22	23 Elisa Fisher Group(15) Mike 7:30PM
24	25	26	27  High School Class Todd	28 EVAS Meeting - Open to Public 7:00P	29	30
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November 2010
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
	1	2	3   High School Class Todd	4	5	6
7	8	9	10   High School Class Todd	11	12	13
14	15	16	17  High School Class Todd	18 EVAS Meeting - Open to Public 7:00P	19	20
21	22	23	24	25  THANKS-GIVING Closed	26	27 Ralph Hawkins Group(16) Mike 7 PM
28	29	30
December 2010
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
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5	6	7	8	9	10	11
12	13	14	15	16 EVAS Meeting - Open to Public  7PM	17	18
19	20	21	22	23	24	25 CHRIST- MAS - Closed
26	27	28	29	30	31

 

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