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Griffith Observatory is the most visible agent of public astronomy in Los Angeles, but it wasn’t the first. Six experts detail this uniquely southern California story from street-corner telescopes to a street-legal Zeiss refractor mounted on the roof of a 1932 Ford. Buy Now.
The Observatory offers assessments of annual meteor shower viewing, which often depend on the phase of the Moon. The NASA Meteor page has more information. The information below for 2021 and 2022 is intended as an aid to meteor watchers in southern California. Meteors are best observed from dark wilderness locations, far from city lights.
This is the Griffith Observatory Sky Report for the period between May 1 and May 31, 2024. Here are the events happening in the sky of southern California. Mercury rises in the east at 5:07 a.m., PDT, on the 1 st, and the sun rises at 6:03 a.m., PDT, 56 minutes later. Mercury is 26-percent illuminated and 9.6 arcseconds wide.
Apr 1, 2024 · In Los Angeles, the partial solar eclipse will start at 10:06 a.m., and a substantial bite of the sun will be obvious by 10:39 a.m., peaking at 11:12 a.m. ... The Griffith Observatory Foundation ...
Griffith Park is a large municipal park at the eastern end of the Santa Monica Mountains, in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The park includes popular attractions such as the Los Angeles Zoo , the Autry Museum of the American West , the Griffith Observatory , and the Hollywood Sign .
The sun’s daily path across the sky on or about the 21st of each month at latitude 42° N. All times are standard time (adjust for daylight time when in effect; remember, 9:00 standard time = 10:00 daylight time). Each day, the Sun appears to rise in the East, travel across the sky, and set in the West. In fact, the Earth is actually turning ...
