Open House Schedules for Previous Months

November 2003
  • Saturday, November 1st, 7-10PM CST (Johns-Krull and Reiff)
  • Saturday, November 8th, 7-10PM Total Lunar Eclipse (Dufour & Williams)
 
October 2003
  • Wednesday, October 1st, 8:00 pm [RICE ONLY NIGHT] - 12:00 am (Dufour observing).
  • Friday, October 3rd, 8:30 pm - 12:00 am (Hartigan observing).
 
September 2003
  • Friday, September 5th, 9:00 pm - 1:30 am (Johns-Krull observing).
 
August 2003
  • Friday, August 29th, 9:00 pm - 1:30 am (Dufour observing).
  • Thursday, August 28th, 9:00 pm - 2:00 am (Reiff observing).
  • Wednesday, August 27th, 4:00 am - 6:00 am (Reiff & Johns-Krull observing).
  • Wednesday, August 27th, 9:00 pm - 2:00 am (Johns-Krull observing).
  • Tuesday, August 26th, 9:00 pm - 3:00 am (Hartigan observing).MARS makes it closest approach (and appears larger in the sky) than it has for the past 60,000 years.  Come get a glimpse of our closest planetay neighbor at its closest.
  • Monday, August 25th, 9:00 pm - 11:00 pm (Reiff observing).
  • Friday, August 8th, cancelled due to rain.
  • Friday, August 1st, 9:00 pm - 11:00 pm.  Open House (Johns-Krull & Anderson observing).  Excellent views of M5, M13, M57, the Moon and Mars at the end of the evening.
 
June 2003
  • Wednesday, June 11th, 8:30 pm - 10:30 pm. Open House (Reiff observing).
 
May 2003
  • Thursday, May 15th, 8pm - Midnight.  Open House Total Lunar Eclipse! The Moon will rise at 7:56pm.  The umbral eclipse begins at 9:02pm, with totality at 10:13pm.  The umbral eclipse ends at 12:17am. (Johns-Krull & Reiff observing).
  • Friday, May 23rd, 8 pm - 10 pm. Open House (Johns-Krull observing).
 
April 2003
  • Special: Saturday, April 26th: Dufour and A.C.'s Boy Scout Troop.
  • April 25th, Open House P. Reiff, 8-10+pm (+?).
  • April 18th, Open House T. Williams, 8-10+pm (W/ Toni Venters)).
  • April 11th, Open House P. Hartigan, 8-10+pm.
  • April 4th, Open House R. Dufour, 7-9+pm (w/ J. Hoffman)
 
March 2003
  • Tu/We, March 4th & 5th, 7PM+ open house for P&A Department and Rice administrators (Dufour).
  • Th/Fr, March 6th & 7, RSI et al. open house (Reiff).
 
February 2003
  • Sunday, February 23rd, 7-10PM - Dufour - Telescope operation for interested undergraduates.