Washburn University Physics and Astronomy

5/2: Due to expected cloud cover, tonight's open observing session is cancelled. This was our last scheduled event for the semester, but we will be back in the Fall, dates and times TBD. Have a wonderful summer! Washburn University College of Arts and Sciences

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Due to expected rain and cloud cover, tonight's open observing session is cancelled. We'll try again next week! Washburn University College of Arts and Sciences

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Believe it of not, the forecast shows mostly clear skies, so tonight's open observing session will take place as scheduled, 8:30-10:00. Hope to see you there! Washburn University College of Arts and Sciences

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The forecast shows mostly clear skies, so tonight's open observing session will take place as scheduled, 8:30-10:00. Tonight a beautiful crescent Moon returns to the sky! Hope to see you there! Washburn University College of Arts and Sciences

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The forecast shows clear skies, so tonight's open observing session will take place as scheduled, 8:30-10:00. Tonight we'll be looking at the Orion nebula, double stars, and star clusters! Also, solar eclipse glasses will be available while supplies last. Hope to see you there! Washburn University College of Arts and Sciences

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The forecast shows clear enough skies, so tonight's open observing session will take place as scheduled, 8:00-9:30. Tonight we'll be looking at Jupiter, the Moon, and the Orion nebula! Hope to see you there! Washburn University College of Arts and Sciences

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The Crane Observatory is open tonight for your viewing pleasure. Please come see Jupiter, the Moon, the Orion nebula, and maybe Mercury we hope to see you and your friends there!

Congratulations to physics major Lauren Frank for being awarded the 2024 Jordan Smith Undergraduate Fellowship for her work mentoring first-year students at Washburn!

Washburn Student Awarded 2024 Jordan Smith Undergraduate Fellowship Topeka, Kan. - The National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition has awarded Washburn University student and First-Year Experience (FYE) Peer Educator Lauren Frank a 2024 Jordan Smith Undergraduate Student Fellowship Award. Frank is one of five students nationally...

Rain, rain won’t go away.
So, you’ll have to visit the observatory some other day.

Please come see us after spring break on March 21st at 8pm!

The Crane Observatory will be closed this evening due to the weather. Stay warm and come look at the start on March 7th!

We would love to have you and your family out to see Jupiter and the Moon! One of our volunteers can also point out constellations, see you at 6:30!

Even though Valentine’s Day has passed you can still put stars in your loved ones eyes tonight! The Crane Observatory will have another open house this evening at 6:30pm. Tonight we'll be looking at the Moon, Jupiter, and the Pleiades star cluster, we hope to see you there!

The weather is FINALLY clear enough for an open house in the Crane Observatory at 6:30 tonight! See you there!

Most unfortunately the clouds will be lingering tonight so the Crane Observatory will not be having an open house tonight. BUT the 8th is just around the corner. We will see you then at 6:30!

As part of Washburn University's Day of Giving, the Physics and Astronomy Department is raising money for our department's scholarship fund. Scholarships allow our majors to spend more time focusing on their education. If you would like to support this effort or would like more information, please see the link below! https://washburngivingday.org/physicsandastronomy

Washburn University's Day of Giving #AllforWU Join us as we celebrate all Washburn University does for its students!

Congratulations to physics major Alessandro Di Gregorio on being selected to be an American Physical Society Student Ambassador!

The clouds are against us and we won’t be able to host an open house tonight in the observatory. Please come out next week February 1st at 6:30 to see the stars with us!

Unfortunately, tonight's forecast shows clouds, so we will not be having our open observing session. Hope to see you next week!

Washburn University College of Arts and Sciences

We will not be open for the last viewing night of the semester. The clouds wouldn’t let us see anything out of the telescope sadly. BUT make sure you watch for next year’s open house schedule!

The clouds aren’t going to blow away in time for us to star gaze tonight. Stay warm and see you next week!

The clouds ☁️ have come to stay today and will not clear out before tonight’s scheduled open house. Sadly we have to cancel but we REALLY hope to see you at our next one on November 30th!

Washburn University College of Arts and Sciences

We hope to see you at the open house tonight at 6! Come see the stars with us at Washburn University!!

The skies are clear! We want to see you at the Crane Observatory tonight at 7pm for our open house. We are hoping to see Saturn, Jupiter, and other celestial sights! See you soon!

Unfortunately there won’t be an open house tonight BUT we will be looking forward to seeing you all on November 2nd!

Mr. Will Gilliland and Washburn Geology Lecturer Dr. Tambra Eifert displayed Washburn's Bill Boltz agate collection at the Topeka Gem and Mineral show this past weekend.

We are having a great time waiting for the clouds to part for a glimpse of the partial annular eclipse. Come join us on the south lawn behind Stoffer we’d love to see you!

The wind and the clouds weren’t on our side tonight so unfortunately we will not be having an open house tonight. But hopefully we will see you on Saturday for the eclipse!

The forecast is clear for tonight’s open house. We hope to see you at 8pm!

The clouds have decided we won’t have a viewing session tonight. See you next Thursday!🤞