Local Twin City Observatories & Planetariums
Bell Museum &
Planetarium (Newly Opened July 2018)
2088 Larpenteur Ave W,
St Paul, MN 55113
https://www.bellmuseum.umn.edu/
MN Institute for Astrophysics
Public Telescope Viewing & Presentation
Tate Hall Laboratory of Physics, 116 Church Street SE, Minneapolis, MN,
55455
http://www.astro.umn.edu/outreach/pubnight/
Hopkins Community
Center - Eisenhower Observatory
1001 Hwy 7, Hopkins,
MN 55305
Calendar of Observing
Nights:
https://hopkins.ce.feepay.com/course/fall-adult-2016/observatory-viewing-night
Jackson Middle School
Observatory
6000 109th Ave North,
Champlin, MN 55316
http://www.anoka.k12.mn.us/Page/3677
MN Astronomical
Society
Eagle Lake
Observatory (ELO) at Baylor Park
Carver County Baylor
Regional Park, 10775 County Road 33, Norwood-Young America, MN
http://www.mnastro.org/events/calendar/cat_ids~18/
Goodsell Observatory
Carleton College, Northfield,
MN
http://apps.carleton.edu/campus/observatory/schedule/
Standeford and
Andreas Observatories
Minnesota State
University - Mankato, MN 56001
http://cset.mnsu.edu/pa/observing/
St. Thomas Observatory, St. Paul Campus
4th Level Anderson
Parking Facility,St. Paul, MN
http://www.stthomas.edu/observatory/
Star Watch Astronomy at Staring Lake Observatory
Staring Lake, Eden
Prairie, MN
2 Fridays per month
http://www.edenprairie.org/amenities/staring-lake-observatory/
Macalester College
Top level, Olin-Rice
Science Center, St. Paul, MN
http://www.macalester.edu/academics/physics/astronomy/publicnights/
Como Planetarium
780 W Wheelock Pkwy, St
Paul, MN 55117
http://www.spps.org/planetarium
Minnesota State University, Moorhead Planetarium &
Observatory
Bridges Hall, Moorhead,
MN
Planetarium events: https://www.mnstate.edu/planetarium/
Observatory: https://www.mnstate.edu/science-center/observatory.aspx
Minnesota State University, Duluth, Marshall W. Alworth
Planetarium & Future Observatory
371 Marshall W.
Alworth Hall, 1023 University Drive, Duluth, MN 55812
Planetarium events: https://scse.d.umn.edu/marshall-w-alworth-planetarium
Future Observatory
plans: https://scse.d.umn.edu/about/departments-and-programs/physics-astronomy-department/observatory
Revised
17 September 2018