View the Observatory's Current Open/Closed Status 

View the current weather conditions at the Community Observatory.

The Community Observatory

Hours of Operation

Summer Hours
8:30pm-10:30pm

Upcoming Events:

Venus Transit of the Sun June 5, 2012

 

City:
State:	choose one Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming District of Columbia Puerto Rico
Zip:
	Clubs
	Events
Get this Widget

Annular Solar Eclipse May 20, 2012
This movie was produced by the Fremont Peak Observatory Association to help the public understand and safely view the upcoming solar eclipse May 20,2012 Annular Eclipse Explainer (click above for movie) Video credit: Rob Hawley
Below are the references cited in the movie Detailed Eclipse Info http://www.mreclipse.com/Special/SEnext.html Interactive Map http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2012May20Agoogle.html Safety http://www.perkins-observatory.org/eclipsesafety.html http://www.perkins-observatory.org/educational%20files/pinhole.pdf http://www.mreclipse.com/Totality2/TotalityCh11.html Eclipse Glasses http://www.rainbowsymphony.com/eclipse-glasses.html

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

We want to hear from you on Facebook!

Community Observatory

*The Cameron Park Rotary Community Observatory is your window to the night sky!  See the stars through the 14-inch reflecting telescopes on a clear dark night.  Follow planets or the moon as they travel across the sky. Bring the whole family for an unforgettable experience in the foothills of El Dorado County.The observatory was conceived by the Rotary Club of Cameron Park as a community service project to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Rotary International.   The Rotary Club members raised all of the funds and donated time and materials to build the observatory on land owned by the El Dorado County Office of Education adjacent to theEl Dorado Center of Folsom Lake College.