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)

October features: The evening sky now sports two bright planets: Jupiter towards the south and Venus to the west (although it sets early). Together with its constantly moving four large satellites, Jupiter is a wonderful object to see through the eyepiece. Venus appears as a tiny, but growing, gibbous moon through the eyepiece. It will increase in apparent size by 15% over the course of the month as it swings around the Sun and towards the Earth.

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 10/7/08 by L. Molnar