Leeward College Observatory

Can you visit Leeward College Observatory? Check before you go

Occasional campus stargazing nights with observatory tours; no regular public schedule found.

For telescope views near Leeward College Observatory, see the observatories open to the public and astronomy clubs nearby; clubs hold free public star parties.

What Leeward College Observatory observes

The list does not describe the instruments at Leeward College Observatory yet; the official site has them.

How dark the sky is at Leeward College Observatory

Leeward College Observatory 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.

Leeward College Observatory among the observatories of Hawaii

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

The coordinates on this page point to Leeward Community College campus (Wikipedia point): 21.393°N, 157.984°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 Leeward College Observatory

Nearest dark sky places

Other observatories open to the public within 150 km

• Lanihuli ObservatoryKaneohe, Hawaii, 18 km (11 mi). Open to the public free after evening Hokulani Imaginarium shows; tours by appointment (808-235-7321)

Astronomy clubs within 150 km

• Hawaiian Astronomical SocietyHonolulu, Hawaii, 15 km (9 mi). Meets Monthly board meetings Sunday afternoons (venue not published)

Planning a trip? Astrotourism in Hawaii 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.

Leeward College Observatory record

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