What to Expect During Your Visit to the Penn State Wilkes-Barre Friedman Observatory Open House
- A lot of enthusiasm about the night sky and astronomical observing. Please have your astronomy questions ready!
- The Friedman Observatory open houses are free of charge and open to the public.
- The cosmos are always available for us to observe (depending on weather), and we will be viewing as many night-sky targets as possible with the telescopes, including planets, the Moon, nebulae, galaxies, star clusters and the occasional comet, so plan to stay as long as you would like, but please feel free to come and go as you wish.

The Friedman Observatory houses a large Meade 16-inch LX200 ACF telescope in the main Observatory dome, as well as several smaller portable telescopes. Depending on the time of year and what is prominent in the night sky during the open house, we will be observing with either the large Meade telescope or a combination of the Meade and the portable telescopes.