MARS CLOSE APPROACH
FREE PUBLIC VIEWING EVENT
Griffith Observatory provides a rare opportunity for the public to see the planet Mars at its closest to Earth for the next 17 years!
Monday, July 30 at 10:00 p.m. to
Tuesday July 31 at 2:00 a.m.
See it from Griffith Observatory
or
Watch it live on the internet
Streamed in real time on Griffith TV
(10:00 p.m. - 1:30 a.m., PDT)
GRIFFITH OBSERVATORY GROUNDS OPEN - BUILDING CLOSED
Telescopes will be available on the lawn for free public viewing.
The Café at the End of the Universe and the Stellar Emporium will have carts outside from 10:00 p.m. until 1:00 a.m.
For four hours, beginning on Monday night, July 30, at 10:00 p.m., Griffith Observatory provides a rare opportunity for you to see the planet Mars at its closest. On that evening, Earth and Mars will be 35.8 million miles from each other, the closest that they have been since the historic 34.6 million-mile close approach in August, 2003. By a celestial coincidence, at the same time, Mars will be at its very best position for viewing through a telescope from Los Angeles, as it crosses the meridian and appears highest in the southern sky. The next similar close approach won’t happen until September 11, 2035, when Mars will be 35.4 million miles away.
Contact Details:
Andee Sherwood
Disabled Access:
YesEntry Fee:
NoLocation:
Griffith Observatory
2800 Observatory Road
Los Angeles
