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Lick Observatory’s Summer Series of events are resuming in 2022! More information at Lick Observatory Events
We engage the local community with public telescope viewings. More than 2,400 guests visit the observatory each year for the Summer Series. Visitors have a chance to view a glimpse of the stars through two historic telescopes and listen to lectures by world-renowned astronomers. In the “Evenings with the Stars” program, we invite world-renowned astronomers to Lick Observatory for an evening with the “stars” you won’t forget.
Special annual Lick Observatory visitors night for the Spanish-speaking community