Where is lick observatory

Aerial view of Lick Observatory. Photo by Laurie Hatch. We do not yet have a general reopening date or schedule for the Visitor Center, but we will post the few, intermittent days we will be open above until a firm reopening schedule is established. The main parking lot will reopen daily to the public starting Saturday October 2nd, from 10am to pm, including access to the restrooms and vending machines during the same hours. The Shane Visitor Gallery will also be open 10am to pm daily.

Closed — Monday through Wednesday Open 12 — 5 p. Thursday through Sunday. Free talks inside the dome of the inch Great Refractor are given at the following times:. The visitor center and gift shop and visitor center are also open on the following holidays:.

The observatory is more than 20 miles from downtown San Jose along Mt. Hamilton Road at an elevation of 4, feet. The road follows a gradual grade laid out over a century ago for horses and carts. It has many sharp curves and is quite narrow in places. At 4, feet, the weather on Mt. Should you find anything essential missing or non-functional, please inform a staff member and we'll do what we can to fix the problem as quickly as possible.

Please clean up after yourself. Wash dirty dishes, clean up all spilled food, etc. Upon departure, please make sure all your food is disposed of either discard it, put it on the labeled common shelves, or take it with you.

Thank you for your cooperation! We recommend stopping for groceries before driving up to Lick Observatory. Small flashlights are attached to the dorm room key rings, though not all key chains have flashlights. You may want to bring your own flashlight. Thermoses are available in the primary kitchen locations. It is preferred that you return them to the kitchen from which you borrowed them; otherwise you may leave thermoses in your room.

To call any campus numbers from a mountain phone, or to make outside calls, dial 9 followed by 1-area code - phone number. To call UC Santa Cruz campus phones, dial xxxx. To get an inside line, dial 8-xxxx. Long distance calls should be charged to a credit card. Dial 9 followed by the usual sequence of digits you'd use for making a credit card call.

See Mt. Hamilton staff directories for current telephone numbers. In case of an emergency, from a mountain phone: Dial The dispatcher should see your location information. Give Mt. Hamilton Rd. Give the building number if you know it.

We are on Mt. Lick Observatory is committed to the education of the next generation of astronomers. Education of the general public is also a key component of Lick Observatory activities. While the telescopes were saved, a great deal of damage to infrastructure, staff residences, and outbuildings was dealt to the Mount Hamilton facility. Click on either camera image to go to the HamCam web site and view current images from all our web cameras.

We are working on providing the opportunity for Public Evening Tours and Photography Nights , these work well for smaller groups, making them much easier to safely facilitate for our staff and visitors under our current limitations due to COVID safety precautions and on-going SCU Lightning Complex Fire recovery work.

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