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Oakley Observatory

Located on the Rose-Hulman Instutute of Technology campus, the Oakley Observatory was founded in 2000 through a grant from the Oakley Foundation.

The Observatory features a wide variety of telescopes for the study of the night sky.

08/21/2026

Can't wait to see everyone tonight at the Oakley Observatory Open House running from 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm!

07/24/2026

Hello everyone,
Tonight's open house has been moved to tomorrow (Saturday July 25th) due to the forecasted weather. The time is still the same, 10:00 pm to 12:00 am out at the Oakley Observatory. Hope to see you tomorrow night!
Clear Skies!

05/08/2026

Hello everyone,
Tonight's open house has been moved to tomorrow (Saturday May 9th) due to the forecasted weather. The time is still the same, 9:30 pm to 11:30 pm out at the Oakley Observatory. Hope to see you tomorrow night!
Clear Skies!

02/06/2026

Hello everyone,
Tonight's open house has been moved to tomorrow (Saturday February 7th) due to the forecasted weather. The time is still the same, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm out at the Oakley Observatory. Hope to see you tomorrow night!
Clear Skies!

08/23/2025

Thanks to everyone, especially our incredible volunteers, for coming out last night to the open house. While we were able to play "Name that Star" all night, we were still at the mercy of the clouds.

We will be having another Open House tonight to see if we get some better weather. It will be a skeleton crew, but we hope to see you (and clear skies) tonight from 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm.

08/22/2025

Come out to the Oakley Observatory Public Open House tonight from 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm! Hope to see you there!

Clear Skies!

08/06/2025

Come out to Hawthorn Park and the Oakley Observatory this Saturday for the Terre Haute Parks & Recreation Department Inaugural Star Party!

The Oakley Observatory will be open starting at 9:30 pm. There will be night hikes from Hawthorn Park or you can drive out and park near the Observatory.

Hope to see you Saturday!

07/30/2025

A huge thank you to everyone who came out to the Oakley Observatory Open House last Friday night!

We've got the final pictures of the M13 Great Hercules Globular Cluster and of M57 The Ring Nebula! These were the images on the TV at the back of the observatory that were being shown in black and white. By combining the images from different filters we made the color images.

Clear skies until next time! ✨

05/06/2025

Postponed till Saturday night.

Address

5500 Wabash Avenue
Terre Haute, IN
47803

Website

https://www.rose-hulman.edu/academics/learning-and-research-facilities/oakley-observatory/index.html

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