Cline Observatory

Tomorrow is TriStar, our annual festival of amateur astronomy in conjunction with the Greensboro Astronomy Club. The event is free for all, with four guest speakers throughout the day. Check out our schedule: gtcc.edu/community-enga…

Artemis II splashdown at 8:07pm tonight @NASAArtemis. The capsule will be going ~ Mach 32 when they hit Earth's atmosphere. Sadly we won't be able to see this with our telescopes, but we will be keeping track of their progress!

Fri 10 April - A nice clear and moonless evening tonight, a good night for star clusters, nebulae, and perhaps a galaxy! Observatory will be open from about 8:30-10:30pm

Fri 3 April - Clear skies are forecast tonight, we should finally break the cloud curse! Observatory will open at @ 8:30pm. Venus will be visible early, Jupiter all evening, moonrise at 9:40.

Two weeks until our annual TriStar amateur astronomy festival on Saturday 11 April! Check out more information and speaker schedule at gtcc.edu/community-enga…

Fri 27 March - Not again! Clouds and rain all evening means our observing session is canceled tonight.

Fri 20 March - The Friday Cloud Curse is back upon us! Clouds have rolled in are expected to hang around all evening. Our public session is canceled tonight.

Fri 13 March - Cursed by Friday the 13th! Clouds covered us up at 8pm and hung around through 9pm. So we decided to call it a night. Hopefully next week the cloud curse will be lifted!

Fri 13 March - A clear if chilly evening! With the time change observing sessions now begin ~30 min after sunset. Tonight sunset = 7:30pm, observatory open at 8pm.

Fri 6 March - It's one of those frustratingly partly cloudy evenings! We expect to have to dodge the cloud cover tonight, but will still do our best to find Jupiter and other bright objects! Open 7-9pm.

Yes there will be a lunar eclipse in the morning (March 3)! The full moon will begin to enter Earth's shadow in the W sky at ~4:50am, totality at ~6am. But sadly it looks to be totally cloudy in the morning so we won't get to see it. Next one not until June 2029.

Save the date: TriStar (Triad StarFest) will be Saturday 11 April, 8:30am-5pm! This annual amateur astronomy meeting is free to all. Join us for a day of interesting talks, photo contest, raffle prizes, and fun with fellow astronomy enthusiasts!

Fri 27 Feb - Looks like the clouds will be sticking around tonight, so we do not anticipate being able to open. It would have been difficult to see all 6 planets anyway, with four of them so close to the sun! Some will still be up next week!

Fri 20 Feb - Skies will likely clear up this afternoon. If so the Observatory will open after the talk, ~8:15pm.

Fri 20 Feb - TONIGHT: Stellar Society Lecture - FREE public talk by Tony Crider of Elon Univ: "The End of Science as We Know It" 7-8pm, Koury Aud, GTCC Jamestown. All are invited! gtcc.edu/events/2026/02…

REMINDER: Free to the public Stellar Society lecture next week, Fri 20 Feb 7-8pm Koury Aud, GTCC Jamestown. "The End of Science As We Know It" by Tony Crider of Elon Univ. gtcc.edu/events/2026/02…

Fri 13 Feb - Excellently clear skies tonight! Moonless sky means nice and dark for seeing star clusters and nebulae + the gas giant planets. Observatory will be open 7-9pm.

Fri 6 Feb - Totally cloudy in Jamestown, the observatory will be closed tonight. Better luck next week!

UPCOMING EVENT: Stellar Society Lecture - Fri, 20 Feb 7-8pm, Koury Auditorium, GTCC Jamestown. "The End of Science As We Know It" by Tony Crider of Elon Univ. All are invited to this free event!

Fri 6 Feb - Still watching the clouds tonight, looks like it will be at least partly cloudy. If there's enough breaks in the clouds we will be open 7-9.