Total Lunar Eclipse! January 20, 2019
Griffith Observatory hosted over two thousand people to view the total lunar eclipse.
Griffith Observatory hosted over two thousand people to view the total lunar eclipse.
Griffith Observatory hosted several thousand people to view the closest approach by Mars in 15 years. The Observatory also hosted a live online broadcast which was carried by NASA.
On January 31, 2018, Griffith Observatory hosted over a thousand people to view the total lunar eclipse.
On September 11, Cassini will have its last encounter with Titan that will send it plunging into Saturn.
On August 21, 2017, Griffith Observatory hosted thousands of people to view the partial solar eclipse.
This line-up of all five naked-eye planets was visible approximately 30 minutes after sunset (at the end of civil twilight), between August 3rd and August 24th 2016.
A line-up of all five bright planets is happening at dawn from mid-January through February 23, 2016
A public event to view the total lunar eclipse 6:30 – 9:45 p.m. Sunday, September 27
Griffith Observatory marks 80 years of public service and astronomical inspiration with three public events on Thursday, May 14, 2015.
A rare celestial event took place on Friday night, January 23, 2015, when the shadows of three of Jupiter’s four largest moons – Io, Europa, and Callisto – fell upon Jupiter at the same time.