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🔭 Department of Astronomy at Indiana University Bloomington 📍Home to the Kirkwood Observatory 🌌 Profile picture by Lexi Gault 🦋 @iuastro.bsky.social
Bloomington, Indiana
Joined December 2008
Hello wonderful people of X! We want to announce that this year we are beginning our transition of moving from X to Bluesky. For the time being we will be posting on both platforms, but we will soon no longer be active on this site. We hope you can all support us in this journey!.
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OPEN: The weather is likely to be clear tonight, 9/3, so the observatory will be open to the public from 9:30 - 11:00 pm. Come enjoy the stars with us!.
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Kirkwood Observatory is scheduled to be open tonight (9/3) from 9:30-11pm! The current forecast is looking clear with some clouds, but check back around 7pm for the final call! 🌌 . Reminder: Follow us on Bluesky @ iuastro 🦋 before we retire our X account in September!.
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OPEN: Kirkwood Observatory will be open for Solar Saturdays today, August 30th, from 1:00 to 3:00pm. Come learn about our favorite star and see it through the solar telescope! See you there!☀️.
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Our first Solar Saturday of the semester will be held this Saturday, August 30th from 1 to 3pm! The weather is looking clear for tomorrow, but check around 11am on August 30th. Come on out and look at the Sun through our solar telescope!☀️. Follow us on Bluesky!🦋
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OPEN: We have clear weather, so the Kirkwood Observatory will be open to the public tonight from 9:30-11pm!! Hope to see everyone there!🔭.
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Kirkwood Observatory is scheduled to be open tonight (8/27) from 9:30-11pm! The current forecast is looking clear, but check back around 7pm for the final call! 🌌. ‼️Reminder: We will be retiring our X account in late September, so follow us on Bluesky @ iuastro 🦋.
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Unfortunately, Kirkwood Observatory will be closed tonight due to significant cloud cover. We hope to see you next week!.
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Kirkwood Observatory is scheduled to be open tonight, August 20th, from 10:00 pm to 11:30 pm. The skies are currently cloudy so check back around 8:00 pm for the final call. We will be retiring our X account in September. Follow us on Bluesky for future updates!☁️.
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The weather is clear, so Kirkwood Observatory will be open to the public tonight from 10:00-11:30pm!.
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We will be retiring our X account in September. Please follow us on Bluesky to make sure you don’t miss any updates!.
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Kirkwood Observatory is scheduled to be open tonight, August 13th, from 10:00 pm to 11:30 pm. Check back around 8:00 pm for the final call.
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Unfortunately, Kirkwood Observatory will be closed tonight due to mechanical problems. We hope to see you next week!.
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The weather is clear, and the Kirkwood Observatory will be open to the public tonight from 10:00-11:30pm!.
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Kirkwood Observatory is scheduled to be open tonight, August 6th, from 10:00 pm to 11:30 pm. Forecasts for this evening are looking good! Check back around 8:00 pm for the final call.
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Unfortunately, Kirkwood will be closed tonight, due to the substantial chance of rain around 11 pm. Hope to see you next week!.
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Kirkwood Observatory is scheduled to be open tonight, July 30th, from 10:30 pm to 11:30 pm. Forecasts for this evening are mixed, but they look good! Check back around 8:30 pm for the final call.
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OPEN: The weather is clear, and the Kirkwood Observatory will be open to the public tonight from 10:30-11:30pm!.
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Good afternoon wonderful people of X! Kirkwood Observatory is scheduled to be open tonight, July 23rd, from 10:30pm - 11:30 pm. Forecasts for this evening look really good, but check back around 8 pm for the final call!.
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We're sorry to say that Kirkwood Observatory will not be open tonight. The forecasts have gone back and forth all day, but now it looks like we'll have clouds and rain tonight. We hope to see you soon, when the weather cooperates!.
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