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Spend the day with us at Green Bank Observatory! 📡 Join us at the GBO Open House for an action-packed day of free tours, talks, and family-friendly activities as we celebrate 70 years of NRAO.🗓️ Saturday, September 19
⏰ 1:00 - 5:00 PM (select activities available in morning + evening)
📍 Green Bank Science Center
💰 FREE!
We’re mixing things up a little this year with additional offerings! New this year, visitors will be able to tour the Control Rooms of the 85-foot Tatel Telescope and the 140-foot Telescope, which are usually only open during SETI tours. Weather permitting, there will also be a Star Party in the evening.
Buses will start taking visitors down to the GBT starting at 9:30 AM. Other Open House tours and activities will take place between 1-5 PM.
Although this event is free, online registration is recommended as certain activities have a limited number of slots: https://shop.greenbankobservatory.org/collections/onsite-opportunities/open-house
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SCHEDULE ⤵️
✍️ REGISTRATION/CHECK-IN:
• 9:30 AM - 5 PM
🧑🧑🧒 FAMILY-FRIENDLY
Family Science Activity - Build a Kaleidoscope:
• 9:30 AM - 12 PM
• 1 - 5 PM
StarLab Mobile Planetarium Shows (new!):
• 9:30 AM - 12 PM
• 1 - 5 PM
Solar Viewing, Rocket Building, and Jump House:
• 1 - 5 PM
💬 TALKS
• 1 PM - GBO and Artemis II (Jansky Auditorium)
• 2 PM - 70 Years of NRAO (Science Center Auditorium)
• 3 PM - Current Research at GBO (Jansky Auditorium)
• 4 PM - NRAO in Pop Culture (Science Center Auditorium)
📡 TOURS
Bus Shuttle Between Science Center and GBT:
• 9:30 AM - 1 PM
Bus Shuttle Telescope Tours (Tatel 85’-1, 140 Foot, GBT):
• 1 - 5 PM
Historical Instrument Walking Tours (Reber Telescope, Ewen-Purcell Horn, Jansky Antenna):
• 1 - 5 PM
Control Room Tours*
• 1:30 - 4:30 PM
*requires online registration and background check
🌟 EXTRA
Film Showing in Jansky Auditorium:
• 6 - 8 PM
Learn to Use the Horn Antenna:
• 7 PM
Star Party:
• 8:15 PM
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Although this event is free, online registration is recommended as certain activities have a limited number of slots: https://shop.greenbankobservatory.org/collections/onsite-opportunities/open-house
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