Oregon Observatory at Sunriver

Can you visit Oregon Observatory at Sunriver? Yes

Daytime solar viewing and ticketed 1-hour nighttime visits with one of the largest public telescope collections in the US.

A public night at an observatory usually starts at dusk with a short talk, then a line at the eyepiece of the main telescope for the Moon, a planet or a bright cluster, with volunteers' smaller telescopes set up outside. Dress for the night air even in summer: domes are not heated, so the telescope stays at outside temperature. Many nights sell out or cancel for clouds, so check the observatory's site on the day.

Telescopes at Oregon Observatory at Sunriver

30-inch, 20-inch, 18-inch, 14-inch, 11-inch, solar telescopes.

How dark the sky is at Oregon Observatory at Sunriver

Oregon Observatory at Sunriver has no Bortle rating in the list yet. The scale below shows what each class looks like.

Sky brightness and class come from the World Atlas of Artificial Night Sky Brightness (Falchi et al. 2016, CC BY-NC 4.0), with natural skyglow added, at the coordinates below. Research telescopes are often sited on mountains above the haze, so the real sky can be darker than the map suggests.

Oregon Observatory at Sunriver among the observatories of Oregon

Green dots are observatories open to the public, blue dots research or private sites, squares dark sky places; select one for its page. See Oregon observatories for the full list.

The coordinates on this page point to Oregon Observatory, Sunriver Nature Center: 43.885°N, 121.448°W.

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Open the larger map · Directions. Mountain observatory roads are often gated after dark; go only on a scheduled public night.

Dark sky places, observatories and clubs near Oregon Observatory at Sunriver

Nearest dark sky places

Astronomy clubs within 150 km

• Eugene Astronomical SocietyEugene, Oregon, 131 km (81 mi). Meets Monthly, Thursday 7 pm

Star parties near Oregon Observatory at Sunriver

Planning a trip? Astrotourism in Oregon puts the dark sky places, observatories, clubs, star parties, planetariums and science centers of the state on one map, with the best night out worked out.

Oregon Observatory at Sunriver record

From the site's observatories dataset (observatories_q426). Distances are computed from the coordinates.