January 17th - Monthly Lecture. Register
Sunday Nov 24 - John Brashear's Birthday. We will try lens grinding, telescope design and other activities. There will be birthday cake! Registration required.
Friday Nov 22 - Spanish Language Tour. 7-9 pm. Native Spanish speakers from Pitt's Astronomy Department will lead a tour in Spanish of the Observatory. Registration required.
Friday Nov 15 - November Lecture. 7-10 pm. Two Years with the James Webb Space Telescope and we got SO MUCH MORE than this beautiful photo. Rachel Bezanson's update on her research. Reservations required.
Sun Nov 10 - Teacher Tour - Intended for teachers who might bring classes and their families. Reservations
Saturday Nov 9th - Dark Skies Event. 7-9 pm. Snacks, meeting, tour of the building. Registration
Sunday Oct 27th - FULL Haunted Space Mansion - K-5 guests and their families can try a variety of spooky science. Costumes welcome. Timed reservations required.
Friday Oct 18th - FULL Monthly Lecture. Peregrine Mission One: Lessons from the first U.S. commercial lunar mission by Astrobotic's Sharad Bhaskaran. Reservations required.
Tuesday Oct 15th - Full Moon Hike followed by observing. Watch the Pittsburgh Park Ranger's Instagram for registration.
Monday Oct 14th - Teacher Tour - Intended for teachers who might bring classes and their families. Reservations
Saturday Oct 12th - Dark Skies Event. 7-9 pm. Snacks, meeting, tour of the building. Registration
Sunday Oct 6th - MoonTree Celebration - Welcome the tree that grew from a seed that flew around the Moon with activities and demonstrations. 2:30-5:30 pm. Everyone is welcome to the outdoor activities, indoor activities require a reservation.
Sunday Sept 29th - Teacher Tour - Intended for teachers who might bring classes and their families. Reservations
Friday Sept 27th - Annual Open House at the Allegheny Observatory Reservations Full
Friday Sept 20th - Future Astronomy. Full.
Saturday Sept 14th - Dark Skies Event. Your Light Pollution Defense Kit Reservations
Saturday Aug 17 - Almost full moon hike. A ranger guided hike followed by observing the moon with the historic 13" telescope. Reservations
Friday August 16 - Monthly Lecture - Join us of light refreshments and a talk by Eric Fisher, Officer in the AAAP and Gallery Host at Moonshot Museum will present Commercial Applications on the Moon. Reservations
Saturday August 10 - Birds and Music of Riverview Park Musician and Master Birder David Bennett will delight and inform you about the birds of Riverview Park. He will share photos of the birds he has seen in the park, accompanied by Ukulele songs related to birds. Reservations
Friday July 19th - Monthly Lecture - Twists and Turns While Searching for Strange Stars by Anna O'Grady
Friday June 24th - Monthly Lecture
Sunday May 19th - Owls of Riverview Park. Dave Bennett will talk about the behaviors of owls and share pictures of the Great Horned Owl family that lives near the observatory. Reservations
Friday May 17th - Cosmic Inflation: Then and Now. Lecture by Andrew Zentner. Reservations required and available starting Monday April 22nd.
Monday May 6th - Dark Skies Event. Details coming soon.
Saturday May 4th - Celebration of Student Research
Are you a high school student interested in doing a project at the Allegheny Observatory? Are you interested in what project the high school students are doing? Do you have a K-5 student who would like to do some hands on activities? Please join us! Reservations required.
Wednesday April 24th - Dark Skies Meeting
7:00 All are welcome
Tuesday April 23rd. Full Moon Hike and Tour. Register
Friday April 19th. Lecture by Dr. Sandyha Rao. Solar Eclipses, Shadow Bands, and Balloon Launches
Most Thursdays and Fridays starting April 4th. Enjoy a tour of the observatory with science and history. If the weather is clear, finish at the historic 13" telescope for viewing. Reservations required at Eventbrite or by calling 412-321-2400.
March 24. Mom Loves you to the Moon and Back
March 23. Teacher Tour.
March 15. Lecture. Women's History Month
Friday Feb 23. Teacher Tour.
Saturday February 17. Dark Sky Meeting
Friday February 16. Lecture.
Thursday, February 15. 4 to 5 P.M. Barco Law Building Auditorium (Pitt Campus)Secrets of Einstein's EquationAlbert Einstein is indelibly associated with a famous equation: E=mc^2, relating the mass of an object to its energy. But that is not what physicists have in mind when they say "Einstein's Equation." The real Einstein's Equation is part of general relativity, which relates the curvature of spacetime to the mass and energy distributed within it. I will explain why the geometry of spacetime has anything to do with gravity, and how this famous equation expresses how spacetime curves. Reception to follow. NOTE: IN OAKLAND - NOT AT ALLEGHENY OBSERVATORY
February 23 - Teacher Tour. Mix science, history, and field trip logistics on a tour of the observatory. Use the 13" historic telescope if the weather is good. Teachers and their families are welcome. Sign up here.
February 7, 18 - Middle School Jupiter Observer Project. Small groups of middle school students visit the observatory and explore planetary motions and solar system models. They observe Jupiter and the moons and use their observations and those of others the understand Jupiter's system. Sign up here Feb 7, Feb 18,
January 10, 14, 23, 26 - Middle School Jupiter Observer Project. Small groups of middle school students visit the observatory and explore planetary motions and solar system models. They observe Jupiter and the moons and use their observations and those of others the understand Jupiter's system. Sign up here Dec. 20 Jan 10, Jan 14, Jan 23, Jan 26
January 3 - Teacher Tour. Mix science, history, and field trip logistics on a tour of the observatory. Use the 13" historic telescope if the weather is good. Teachers and their families are welcome. Sign up here.
Dec 13 and 20 - Middle School Project. Small groups of middle school students visit the observatory and explore planetary motions and solar system models. They observe Jupiter and the moons and use their observations and those of others the understand Jupiter's system. Sign up here Dec. 13 or Dec. 20
December 10 - Teacher Tour. Mix science, history and field trip logistics on a tour of the building. Observe with the 13" historic telescope if the weather is good. This is for teachers and their families. Sign up here.
November 24th - John Brashear's Birthday. Learn a bit about John Brashear, try your hand at lensmaking, view Saturn in the 13" and have a birthday cookie. This is for our guests who are 12 and under with their families. Sign up here. Event Full
October 29th - The Haunted Space Mansion. The observatory will be temporarily renamed and filled with activities at the intersection of science and Halloween for children from Kindergarten through 5th grade. Costumes are welcome. There will be one scary hallway but otherwise the ghosts will be friendly. Sign up here. EVENT FULL
October 28th - Full Moon Hike with the Riverview Park Rangers followed by observing the moon with the 13" telescope. Sign up here. EVENT FULL
October 14 - Partial Solar Eclipse. Come see the projection of the partial solar eclipse, learn about Samuel Langley and sunspots and see a live stream from the Shadow Bandits in Texas. Entry times are 11:30, 12:30 and 1:30. Sign up here. EVENT FULL