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| Special Celebrations… | ||
November 26 |
Thanksgiving Day | CLOSED |
| December 4 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. |
"All Space Considered" | Free Admission |
| December 16 7:30-9:00 p.m. |
Special Workshop: Pre-Holiday Telescope Buyer's Guide |
Free Admission |
| December 19 2:00-9:45 p.m. |
Public Star Party | Free Admission |
| December 24 | Christmas Eve | Open 12:00-5:00 p.m. |
| December 25 | Christmas Day | CLOSED |
| December 31 | New Year's Eve | Open 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. |
| January 13 7:30-8:15 p.m. |
FOTO Cosmic Musings | Reservations Required |
January 13 |
First Light: Mars Edition FOTO Show Premiere | Reservations Required |
| January 14 7:45-8:20 |
First Light: Mars Edition Public Show Premiere |
Tickets Required |
| January 18 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day | CLOSED |
| January 23 2:00-9:45 p.m. |
Public Star Party and Special Workshop: Post-Holiday Telescope User's Guide |
Free Admission |
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In the Sky... |
Exploring Space... |
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| Dec 11-12 | Geminid Meteor shower |
Dec 1 | CREAM - V, Cosmic Ray Energetics and Mass, NASA Balloon launch from Antarctica | |
| Dec 19 | Neptune ½ degree north of Jupiter | Dec 7 | WISE, Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer satellite launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA | |
| Dec 21 | Winter Solstice 9:45 a.m. | |||
| Dec 31 | “Blue Moon” (second full moon in a calendar month) | |||
| Jan 17 | Moon near Jupiter in south west sky visible in the evening |
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| Jan 27 | Mars closest to Earth (61,721,000 miles) | |||
| Jan 28-29 | Mars at Opposition visible all night |
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| Jan 29 | Full moon next to Mars visible in the evening |
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| More Sky Info... Griffith Observatory's Weekly Sky Report | Note: Launch times are subject to change. The latest launch schedules may be found here. | |||
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