Welcome!

The Calvin College Observatory offers a free tour of the Universe to all visitors. We resume our Fall operating schedule on 15 September (opening 30 minutes past sunset on clear evenings Monday-Friday)

September features: Jupiter is now the brightest point in the evening sky. Together with its constantly moving four large satellites, it is a wonderful object to see through the eyepiece. (Also look for Venus setting in the west in the twilight on your way to the observatory. By next month it will take over as the brightest point in the evening sky.)

LATEST NEWS: An unusual Calvin asteroid has just received a name: Rhipeus. See the article on Trojan asteroids at Calvin in Calvin's News & Stories, and read the full story of the new name in our webpage.

PREVIOUS NEWS: Calvin student Melissa Haegert (physics major, astronomy minor) won a Goldwater scholarship writing about ongoing original research using the Calvin-Rehoboth observatory. Congratulations Melissa!

Observatory Director: Prof. Larry Molnar 616-526-6341
Telescope Dome on campus: 616-526-6435

updated 9/1/08 by L. Molnar