Ashcroft Observatory

Ashcroft Observatory The Ashcroft Observatory is open to the public and free to all. Open Monday nights if the weather is clear.

Please check our story that day to see if we will be open.

Hey everyone, we’ll open tonight, and do things a bit differently. We’ll open sooner, 7:00 pm, and do some sun observing...
06/01/2026

Hey everyone, we’ll open tonight, and do things a bit differently. We’ll open sooner, 7:00 pm, and do some sun observing with our solar telescopes. Then once it’s dark we’ll do some star observing as well. Feel free to come whenever you’re able!

Come check this out if you’re interested! We’ll be there and have a solar scope, a way to look at the Sun safely and in ...
05/06/2026

Come check this out if you’re interested! We’ll be there and have a solar scope, a way to look at the Sun safely and in detail

We’ll open tonight at 9! It should clear up nicely by then. See you there! Check throughout the week on our story. We wi...
05/05/2026

We’ll open tonight at 9! It should clear up nicely by then. See you there! Check throughout the week on our story. We will open other days besides Monday in the summertime.

Hey everyone! Since it’s summertime, we’ll open sometimes more than once a week. Check in periodically to see! I apologi...
04/30/2026

Hey everyone! Since it’s summertime, we’ll open sometimes more than once a week. Check in periodically to see! I apologize for the later post today. But we will open tonight at 9!

We’ll open tonight at 9! It might be a bit cloudy (forecast has been a bit back and forth), but we’ll be able to show an...
04/28/2026

We’ll open tonight at 9! It might be a bit cloudy (forecast has been a bit back and forth), but we’ll be able to show and talk about cool stuff nonetheless.

We’ll open tonight at 8:30! It’s been a while so we’re excited to see some of you there. Come get a great view of the mo...
04/20/2026

We’ll open tonight at 8:30! It’s been a while so we’re excited to see some of you there. Come get a great view of the moon, some planets, and more

We’ll be closed tonight unfortunately. But enjoy this great shot of earth, taken by the crew of Artemis II, who are abou...
04/06/2026

We’ll be closed tonight unfortunately. But enjoy this great shot of earth, taken by the crew of Artemis II, who are about halfway to the Moon! Definitely look that up if you haven’t heard about it. Have a great night!

Hey everyone! It looks fairly cloudy tonight and it’s supposed to get worse, so we’ll be closed, but check back again la...
03/31/2026

Hey everyone! It looks fairly cloudy tonight and it’s supposed to get worse, so we’ll be closed, but check back again later!

We’ll open at 8:30, and have a great view of the crescent moon. See you there!
03/24/2026

We’ll open at 8:30, and have a great view of the crescent moon. See you there!

We’ll open tonight at 8:30! Should be great weather. See you there!
03/16/2026

We’ll open tonight at 8:30! Should be great weather. See you there!

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End Of Observatory Road
Cedar City, UT
84720

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