night sky observation at LU

Colleges & Universities Lawrence University
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<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>[Lawrence</a> University Publications: Lawrence Today](<a href=“http://www.lawrence.edu/news/pubs/lt/summer07/astronomy.shtml]Lawrence”>http://www.lawrence.edu/news/pubs/lt/summer07/astronomy.shtml)</p>

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<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=“Google Maps”>Google Maps)</p>

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<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>

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<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>