MIT Wallace Astrophysical Observatory

Sky Conditions at Wallace

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Current Observing Conditions

What's Up?

May 2026 - We have just concluded renovations of the main observatory building.  We hope to resume public tours later this summer.    

About

Established 1971

A teaching and research facility run by the planetary astronomy lab in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).