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IU Department of Astronomy 🔭 @iuastro.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Kirkwood is scheduled to be open tonight, 9:00-10:30pm! Unfortunately, the forecast looks cloudy, but we’ll still be open for tours!

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IU Department of Astronomy 🔭 @iuastro.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

We have a busy week coming up to kick off our spring outreach season! Tonight, March 25, 9-10:30pm: Kirkwood Observatory opens for the season Friday, March 27, 8-10pm: Star Party with Monroe County Parks and Rec at Flatwoods Park Saturday, March 28, 1-3pm: The first spring Solar Saturday

Event flyer: Monroe County Parks and Rec and IU Astronomy present Flatwoods Park Star Party. March 27th, 8-10 PM, weather permitting. Rain date: March 28th. Come celebrate our oldest and grandest natural resource with the IU Astronomy Department and MCPR. Family friendly, constellation and star talks, guided telescope observations, hobbyists welcome, hot beverages provided. Location: Flatwoods Park, 9499 Flatwoods Rd, Gosport, IN 47433. The flyer background is a photo of the Milky Way with the silhouette of someone looking through a telescope.

Event flyer: the IU Astronomy Department presents Solar Saturdays at Kirkwood Observatory. Join us from 1-3 PM on March 28, April 4, April 11, April 18, and April 25 to look at the sun through Kirkwood's solar telescope! This event is weather permitting. Find us on our website and bluesky for viewing updates. The flyer background is a drawing of the sun.

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IU Department of Astronomy 🔭 @iuastro.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

That’s a wrap on #AAS247! Thanks to everyone who joined us for our presentations this week. For more on research and outreach happening in the IU Astronomy department, follow us here and check out our website: astro.indiana.edu/index.html

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IU Department of Astronomy 🔭 @iuastro.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Kirkwood Observatory will be open for Solar Saturdays today (3/1) from 1:00 to 3:00pm. While the skies are somewhat cloudy at the moment, if they stick around indefinitely, we will do daytime tours! See you there!☀️

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IU Department of Astronomy 🔭 @iuastro.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Kirkwood Observatory is scheduled to be open Saturday (3/1) from 1:00 to 3:00 pm for our first Solar Saturday of the semester! The current forecast is clear skies with the possibility of overcast, but check back around 11:00 am on 3/1 for the final call! ☀️

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Astro on Tap Bloomington @aotbloomington.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Hello Bloomington! Our first AoT event of the year will be from 6 to 7:30 pm on Feb 26, 2025 at our favorite bar Orbit Room! And our very own IU professor and Chair Prof. Caty Pilachowski @cpilacho.bsky.social will be one of the speakers! Let's have a good turnout and make this event successful!

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Darby Saxbe @darbysaxbe.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

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IU Department of Astronomy 🔭 @iuastro.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Hello Blue Sky! We have finally begun our transition from X to here. On this page, you can expect to get updates about when the Kirkwood Observatory is open to public viewing for both our refracting and Solar telescopes. We also share about other departmental events, news, or anything astronomy!

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