Public Observing Opportunities

StarDate magazine, the public education and outreach arm of the University of Texas McDonald Observatory, provides a list of Publicly Accessible Telescope Viewing opportunities, organized by state. Many are free. Some require an admission or membership fee. Others allow individuals or groups to reserve a telescope for an entire night.

All public observing sessions are subject to postponement or cancellation due to poor weather; you can't see the stars if it's cloudy!