“If every person could look through that telescope,” declared Griffith J Griffith, “it would revolutionize the world.” Nearly nine decades after this iconic building opened, the world ...

Watch it live: Griffith Observatory to offer online viewing for lunar eclipse Thursday night If skies are clear, the eclipse should be visible to the unaided eye from anywhere in southern ...

2 Number of planetariums built in the U.S. before Griffith. (Chicago and Philadelphia came first in the early 1930s.) Nearly 70 million Estimated number of observatory visitors since its 1935 ...

The Zeiss isn’t a modern marvel like the new James Webb Space Telescope, but rather a 9,000-pound, German-made behemoth that’s been here since 1935, when Griffith first opened its doors.The ...

The Griffith Observatory overlooking Los Angeles from atop the Hollywood Hills is about to re-emerge from a nearly five-year restoration and about R710-million renovation.

The Griffith Observatory is celebrating its 90th anniversary with a special event on Wednesday. Festivities include exhibits, sky viewing, and a rare lunar event called the major standstill ...

Why is the sky blue? What makes stars twinkle? The man to ask is Ed Krupp, director of the Griffith Observatory since 1976. In a city where night-sky gazers can't even see the stars, Krupp runs the ...

For this year’s Observe the Moon Night, the Zeiss telescope will be open to the public to view the moon all evening until 10:30pm, along with other courtyard telescopes.

Zeiss Telescope In Action For International Observe The Moon Night Friday, 30 September 2022, 10:57 am Press Release: Stardome Observatory ...