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Piedmont Pines, Oakland

🔭Call ahead to confirm what celestial objects the telescopes are targeting.
🌙Reviewers recommend picking a night near a New Moon for optimal stargazing.
🌡️Check live humidity levels beforehand, as high moisture closes the domes.

Fifteen hundred feet above the Bay, three large historic instruments await on the observatory deck, where visitors view stars and planets through a 36-inch reflector and two large refractors during evening sessions.

Historic telescopes
Observatory deck
Stargazing sessions

They recommend it:

Friday, November 6, 7:30 PM

Free

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  • Historic telescopes
  • Observatory deck
  • Stargazing sessions
  • Piedmont Pines
  • Oakland

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