Rothney Astrophysical Observatory

Went on a guided tour with BBBS, of the telescopes and grounds, also had a quick view through one of their small manual telescopes at the North Star. The guide was led by students from the Astrophysical department of the U of C, and they were very knowledgeable and courteous.

Place is full of passionate scientists looking to explain and help you understand what they do. Definitely worth the entry fee. Donate more if you can they're still on windows XP :(

I've only ever gone as part of a volunteer event but it's lots of fun! The staff are knowledgeable. My event including children and they found activities to interest them and encourage questions/curiosity. There's a lot to see and it's definitely infotmative.

My boyfriend and I attended a Milky Way Night, and despite the surprisingly cold August evening, it was so worth it. It was so spectacular to view distant nebulas and galaxies from all the telescopes that were set up. We spoke with some very friendly and knowledgeable people about what we were looking at through their telescope. We will definitely be going back!

Went to public access Milkyway night. Very cool experience since it was my first time. Would definitely go again.
Alot of people/line ups for telescopes. Also was very dark, my mother had a hard time navigating the pathways. If you have one, bring a red light flashlight.

Very cool place to go and learn about stars and constellations. During the open houses they have lots of telescopes to look through and lots of educational programs. Fantastic view of the mountains as well.

The astronomers were super friendly and answered all our questions. A telescope was set up to look through and we received a tour of the whole place. It was amazing and the kids will never forget it. Total worth a visit.

I've been coming here since I was about 7 years old, and I've made a lot of memories here. Maybe this review is biased because of my history, but it's an awesome place, which really got me into space science growing up. They have some spectacular seminars once in a while about things like the Fermi Paradox. Great place to get a hot chocolate and see the stars.

Great folks who work there! You might just even meet Dr.Phil who runs the show.

Went there on an open house event last night and we had a clear enough sky to observe Jupiter and three of it's moons.

There was a wide array of telescope and allot to observe!