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Dearborn Observatory

Evanston

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🌙"up close the Moon looks like a golf ball"
👶Great for Cub Scouts and curious kids
♿Not wheelchair accessible, stairs involved

Peer through a 141-year-old telescope at Saturn's rings and lunar craters, weather permitting. The student guides here are genuinely astronomy-obsessed, so even cloudy nights come with infectious enthusiasm and deep-dive astrophysics chats.

Free admission
Student-led tours
Family-friendly
Night sky viewing
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Dearborn Observatory

2131 Tech Dr, Evanston, IL 60208, USA

physics.northwestern.edu

Upcoming events at Dearborn Observatory

Friday, Nov 27
CIERA Astronomer Evenings

CIERA Astronomer Evenings

November 27 at 9pm

Evanston

Stargazing with astrophysicists

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  • Free admission
  • Student-led tours
  • Family-friendly
  • Night sky viewing
  • Evanston

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