St. Ambrose's Menke Observatory will be open this Friday and Saturday, Sept. 29 and 30. If the evening is clear, visitors should be able to see the planets Jupiter and Saturn, along with star clusters and galaxies. Visitors are reminded to bring jackets.
Admission is free and the public is welcome.
The observatory, which opened in 1994, was named for former St. Ambrose President and Professor Msgr. It usually is used as a teaching facility but sometimes is open to the public.