<p>Does anyone know to what extent observation of the night sky is practiced at LU? </p>
<p>Is there an observatory/telescope?</p>
<p>Are there local (non - LU) associations around greater Appleton that do this?</p>
<p>For some info, I saw this nice bit on the Lawrence website. There is a picture of a nice looking schmitt cassegrain scope.</p>
<p>Further info I found googling:</p>
<p>There apparently is a astronomy club out of UW - Menasha, a 16 min car ride from LU, that seems open to anyone.</p>
<p>[Northeast</a> Wisconsin Stargazers - The Astronomy Club serving Northeast Wisconsin](<a href=“http://www.new-star.org/]Northeast”>http://www.new-star.org/)</p>
<p>[from:</a> 115 S Drew St, Appleton, WI 54911 (Lawrence University) to: Menasha, WI - Google Maps](<a href=“http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=115+S+Drew+St,+Appleton,+WI+54911+(Lawrence+University)&daddr=Menasha,+WI&hl=en&geocode=8671706238443871050,44.261638,-88.400980&mra=pe&mrcr=0&sll=44.214553,-88.443029&sspn=0.114423,0.2211&ie=UTF8&ll=44.230933,-88.425865&spn=0.114391,0.2211&z=12]from:”>http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=115+S+Drew+St,+Appleton,+WI+54911+(Lawrence+University)&daddr=Menasha,+WI&hl=en&geocode=8671706238443871050,44.261638,-88.400980&mra=pe&mrcr=0&sll=44.214553,-88.443029&sspn=0.114423,0.2211&ie=UTF8&ll=44.230933,-88.425865&spn=0.114391,0.2211&z=12)</p>
<p>I don’t know how active it is, but this past year there was a club that did stargazing. They brought out telescopes for the eclipse for everyone to use. I’m sorry I can’t remember the name, but I bet they’ll have a table during the fair at welcome week.</p>
<p>Once I saw students with a telescope outside science hall looking at the lunar eclipse. That’s all I know about star/moon gazing.</p>