Event

SLSC Solar Public Telescope Viewing at McDonnell Planetarium, weather permitting, the St Louis Astronomical Society and the Science Center will set up telescopes outdoors to view the Sun and be on-hand to answer your questions.

The telescopes will be set up right outside the McDonnell Planetarium  building. Visitors should enter from the Science Center building on Oakland and take walkway across I-64 to Planetarium signs and staff should be there to direct you. Telescope viewing runs from 11am to 3pm.
 

Date: Sunday, June 23, 2024

Time: 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Central

Location: McDonnell Planetarium - Forest Park
Clayton Avenue and Faulkner Drive
St. Louis, MO 63110

Information for Visitors
Instructions for the Public:
SLSC Solar Public Telescope Viewing at McDonnell Planetarium, weather permitting, the St Louis Astronomical Society and the Science Center will set up telescopes outdoors to view the Sun and be on-hand to answer your questions.

The telescopes will be set up right outside the McDonnell Planetarium  building. Telescope viewing runs from 11am to 3pm.
 

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