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Tag: Public Observing

Adler telescope volunteer helps man and his child find stars and planets in the night sky through a telescope.

How To Identify Planets In The Night Sky

Monday March 17th
Adler Planetarium Staff

Learn how to identify planets in the night sky with your naked eye. Wow your friends with your knowledge of visible planets in the night sky.

Pedestrians walking (during Chicagohenge) across a crosswalk while the Sun sets in the distance with the Willis Tower in view.

Understanding Chicagohenge

Thursday March 6th
Adler Planetarium Staff

The Chicagohenge is a bi-annual event where the cosmos and architecture harmoniously align. Learn about the science behind it all!

Eclipse of the Sun illustration from the Adler Planetarium's collections

Types of Eclipses: Lunar Eclipses and Solar Eclipses Explained

Thursday February 27th
Michelle Nichols

Learn how eclipses occur and the types of eclipses, solar and lunar, that occur when the phase of the Moon and the alignment of the Sun, Moon and Earth is just right.

The planet Venus, as seen through the 24 inch telescope in the Doane Observatory at the Adler Planetarium in January 2025.

Adler Skywatch: February 2025

Monday February 3rd
Karen Donnelly

What’s in the sky throughout February 2025? How to see Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, and other winter stargazing opportunities.

One person standing in front of a gray van with "Adler Planetarium" written on the van door and another person sitting inside the driver's seat of the van. In the background is the Adler Planetarium with a cloudy blue sky and a circular yellow logo with a gray car and "Astro Road Trip" written on it.

Astro Road Trip Brings Adler Planetarium Telescope Programming To Towns Across Southern Illinois Ahead Of The Total Solar Eclipse

Wednesday March 27th
Adler Planetarium Staff

Astro Road Trip brings telescope programming to communities across Southern Illinois in preparation for the April 8, 2024!

A person stands in front of the Adler Planetarium, holding a homemade pinhole projector to safely observe the Sun without solar viewers.

How To Make A Pinhole Projector To Safely View A Solar Eclipse

Friday August 11th
Adler Planetarium Staff

How to safely observe the Sun and the October 14, 2023 and April 8, 2024 solar eclipses using a homemade pinhole projector. Get equipped to eclipse!

In this 30 second exposure, a meteor streaks across the sky during the annual Perseid meteor shower Friday, Aug. 12, 2016 in Spruce Knob, West Virginia. Image credit: NASA/ Bill Ingalls

Adler Skywatch: August 2023

Wednesday July 26th
Karen Donnelly

Adler Skywatch: What’s in the sky throughout August 2023? See the Perseids Meteor Shower, a Super Blue Moon, the Super Sturgeon Moon and more!

A composite of eleven pictures showing the progression of a total solar eclipse.

Adler Skywatch: April 2023

Thursday March 23rd
Karen Donnelly

Header image: A composite of eleven pictures showing the progression of a total solar eclipse. [ Image credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani), edited by the Adler Planetarium ] An entire day is dedicated to celebrating the planet we know best this month, April 2023. Don’t forget to celebrate Earth Day on April 22; and while you’re at […]

Black and white image of the Earth, as seen from space, on the spring equinox in 2013. Image Credit: Nasa/ Earth Observer, edited by the Adler Planetarium

Adler Skywatch: March 2023

Wednesday February 22nd
Karen Donnelly

Header Image: The 2013 spring equinox, as seen from space. Image Credit: Nasa/ Earth Observer, edited by the Adler Planetarium Possibly the most photogenic planetary pairing of the year kicks-off this month, March 2023. Here’s your stargazing guide to view the Venus-Jupiter Conjunction, the spring equinox and other celestial events.  Venus and Jupiter Conjunction Just […]

Venus and Jupiter are Close Composite Image Credit & Copyright: Wang, Letian

Adler Skywatch: February 2023

Wednesday January 25th
Karen Donnelly

Header image: The bright planets, Venus and Jupiter, are close in the sky, nearby a bright Moon. Image taken on June 30, 2015. Composite image credit and copyright: Wang, Letian The two brightest planets and a once-in-a-lifetime comet are among the sky highlights of the shortest month of the year, February 2023. Here’s your stargazing […]

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