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
8:00-9:00 p.m.

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
     


In the Sky...   Exploring Space...
         
Dec 11-12

Geminid Meteor shower
10:00 p.m.-5:00 a.m.

  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
     
         
Jan 27 Mars closest to Earth (61,721,000 miles)      
         
Jan 28-29 Mars at Opposition
visible all night
     
         
Jan 29 Full moon next to Mars
visible in the evening
     
     

 

More Sky Info... Griffith Observatory's Weekly Sky Report   Note: Launch times are subject to change. The latest launch schedules may be found here.