Operated by the Maryland Space Grant Consortium, the Morris W. Offit Telescope is the major observing instrument located under the Stanley D. and Joan F. Greenblatt Dome, on the roof of the Bloomberg Center. The telescope has, as its major optical element, a 20″-diameter mirror.

Check the Observatory page after 5 p.m. on Friday for up-to-the-minute information about observatory status. 

View directions to the Observatory Open House.