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Twitter for the University of Wisconsin-Madison Washburn Observatory. Notification will be posted at least 30 minutes before the scheduled time.
1401 Observatory Drive, 53706
Joined September 2010
Washburn Observatory will be closed tonight due to cloud cover and poor air quality. Please check back next Wednesday!.
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Unfortunately, due to the heavy rain and cloud cover, public observing is cancelled tonight. Please join us for observing on August 6th (9pm - 11pm) as long the weather cooperates. Check back here and on our linked Washburn website () for updates.
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Washburn Observatory will be open tonight for public observing from 9pm-11pm. Look forward to seeing you there!.
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Washburn Observatory will be closed tonight due to cloud cover. Check back next week!.
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Washburn Observatory will be open tonight for public observing from 9-11 pm! Hope to see you there!.
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Washburn Observatory will be open tonight for public observing from 9-11 pm! Hope to see you there!.
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Washburn Observatory will be closed tonight due to forecasted cloud cover. Check back next week!.
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Due to rain, Washburn Observatory will be closed tonight. See you next week!.
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Washburn Observatory will be closed tonight due to forecasted rain.
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Washburn will be closed tonight due to poor air quality. Check back June 11th!.
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Washburn will be closed tonight due to weather. Check back June 4th!.
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Washburn Observatory will open from 9pm until at least 10pm. If clouds hold off we will stay open until 11pm!.
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Washburn Observatory will be open tonight from 9pm until at least 10pm! We will stay open longer (11pm) if the clouds are gone by then.
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Washburn Observatory will be open tonight from 9-11 pm!.
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Due to the snow and cloudy forecast, Washburn will be closed tonight :( check back in on March 19th for our next scheduled event!.
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Due to low temperatures later tonight, we will unfortunately be canceling our public observing tonight. Hopefully conditions are more favorable for our next event on March 5th (7-9 PM)!.
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Unfortunately, tonight's forecast is filled with high cloud cover so there'll be no observing tonight. Please join us for observing on February 19th (7pm - 9pm) as long the weather improves. Check back here or on our linked Washburn website ( for updates.
astro.wisc.edu
The UW-Madison Astronomy Department offers free public observing at Washburn Observatory on the first and third Wednesday of each month, and every Wednesday June through August, weather permitt...
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Due to high cloud cover in the forecast later tonight, as well as the expected low temperatures, we will unfortunately be canceling our public observing tonight. Hopefully conditions are more favorable for our next event on Feb. 5th (7-9 PM)!.
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Unfortunately the clouds are here, so no observing tonight. Join us January 15th if the weather allows! . (No observing on New Years Day).
We will be opening the Observatory tonight from 7-9pm for observing as long as the clouds remain cleared! Remember to bundle up as the dome is open to the elements. If we close before 9p, we will follow up here.
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