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Workshops & Classes

Daytime Solar Observing

At Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum

Southwest Washington, Washington

Check weather conditions beforehand, as sessions are cancelled during rain or clouds.
Ask Welcome Center staff inside the museum for indoor astronomy activities if bad weather moves programming indoors.
No reservations are necessary to participate in the outdoor solar observing sessions.

Silver light glints off the Delta Solar sculpture on 7th Street as visitors peer through specialized filtered telescopes to examine sunspots and solar flares. Knowledgeable guides staff the terrace outside the National Air and Space Museum to answer questions.

Friday, December 4, 12pm

Free

What are you into?

  • Filtered telescopes
  • Delta Solar sculpture
  • Solar features
  • Knowledgeable staff
  • Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum
  • Southwest Washington
  • Washington

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