Bradstreet Observatory

Can you visit Bradstreet Observatory? No regular public access

Eastern University teaching observatory; no regular public schedule found.

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

Telescopes at Bradstreet Observatory

16-inch SCT.

How dark the sky is at Bradstreet Observatory

Bradstreet 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.

Bradstreet Observatory among the observatories of Pennsylvania

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

The coordinates on this page point to Bradstreet Observatory, Eastern University: 40.050°N, 75.369°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 Bradstreet Observatory

Nearest dark sky places

Other observatories open to the public within 150 km

• Villanova ObservatoryVillanova, Pennsylvania, 2 km (1 mi). Open to the public Mon-Thu 7-9 pm per the Villanova Astronomical Society page; other times by appointment
• Univ. of Pennsylvania ObservatoryPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, 17 km (11 mi). Teaching observatory on the DRL roof; occasional public observing nights and group visits by arrangement
• Holt and Miller Observatory (Franklin Institute)Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 20 km (12 mi). Guided solar viewing through the 10-inch Zeiss refractor Sat-Sun 12-3 with museum admission; occasional ticketed Night Skies evenings
• Widener University ObservatoryChester, Pennsylvania, 21 km (13 mi). Public viewing sessions through the year
• Mt. Cuba Astronomical ObservatoryWilmington, Delaware, 35 km (22 mi). Monday 8 pm Public Nights (lecture plus viewing, max 28, $10 adults) and select Friday Family Nights; reservations required
• Peyton ObservatoryPrinceton, New Jersey, 71 km (44 mi). Free open houses usually 2nd or 3rd Tuesday monthly at 8:30 pm (Thursday backup), no registration

Astronomy clubs within 150 km

• Delaware Valley Amateur AstronomersBlue Bell, Pennsylvania, 1 km (1 mi). Meets Monthly, usually Friday evening
• Villanova Astronomical SocietyVillanova, Pennsylvania, 2 km (1 mi)
• Rittenhouse Astronomical SocietyHaverford, Pennsylvania, 7 km (4 mi). Meets Monthly public speaker meeting, on Zoom (normally in a planetarium)
• Bucks-Mont Astronomical AssociationChalfont, Pennsylvania, 20 km (12 mi). Meets 1st Wednesday monthly (no Aug), 7:30-9 pm
• Chester County Astronomical SocietyWest Chester, Pennsylvania, 22 km (14 mi). Meets 2nd Tuesday monthly (Jan-May, Sep-Nov)

Star parties near Bradstreet Observatory

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Bradstreet Observatory record

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