January 2011 – wow! FOTO already has a roster of events lined up!  Cosmic Musings Lecture Series, trips to inspire you, special events you won’t want to miss. Keep an eye out on your email and on our Calendar of Events here on the website.

Don’t let me forget to give a big shout out to our fantastic FOTO Volunteer Corps. Over the last few years we have been creating a program designed specifically around our amazing volunteers. These folks come to us with a fascinating array of experience and interests, and work as a concerted team to make FOTO [...]

The Observatory has been pictured in so many different ways – I thought I had seen it all. But this photo:

provides a dimension and perspective none of us had ever imagined. As many women will attest, lighting make s a huge difference! And the genius’s with the Video Music Awards  managed to light the Observatory [...]

The other night something extraordinary happened at the Observatory. No, it wasn’t purely astronomical. What it was, was a wonderful outpouring of generosity that took us all by surprise.
Many months ago, FOTO was approached by the people at MacTech, a computer tech magazine, about the possibility of bringing their conference attendees up to the Observatory [...]

Autumn is one of my favorite times of the year. And this year, looking up at Jupiter and seeing the City of the Angels from the roof top of Griffith Observatory really does inspire awe.
The nighttime beauty of the City and the canopy of dark night and bright Jupiter is just one reason to love [...]

When Griffith Observatory opened its doors in May 1935, one of our initiatives was to provide informal science education for all. To reach out to the children of our communities in a meaningful fashion, a School Field Trip program at the Observatory was developed and put in to practice in 1935!!! And we still have [...]

Everyone loves to watch “shooting stars” blaze across the sky.

Sky & Telescope predicts that 2010’s best meteor showers should be the Perseids in August and the Geminids in December.

Friends Of The Observatory’s summer and fall schedule has filled up with great programs, including a trip to Mt. Palomar and fascinating lectures. If you haven’t yet seen our new production, Light of the Valkyries, hang on – we have a special showing with a presentation by the creators of the show. They will talk [...]