{"id":131437,"date":"2026-04-30T08:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T12:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/?p=131437"},"modified":"2026-04-29T09:46:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T13:46:16","slug":"may-8-9-p-m-enjoy-the-stars-at-owus-perkins-observatory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/may-8-9-p-m-enjoy-the-stars-at-owus-perkins-observatory\/","title":{"rendered":"May 8 @ 9 p.m. \u2013 Enjoy the Stars at OWU\u2019s Perkins Observatory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After the Baccalaureate ceremony, you\u2019re invited to explore the night sky from 9-11 p.m. Friday, May 8, with Don Stevens, director of OWU\u2019s Perkins Observatory. Content varies based on weather conditions, but may include a planetarium show, observatory tours, and stargazing with the 32-inch Schottland Telescope.<\/p>\n<p>Admission is free for OWU families for this special event, but <a href=\"https:\/\/alumnievents.owu.edu\/e\/owu-family-night-at-perkins-observatory\/\">registration is requested<\/a>. The observatory is located about 10 minutes south of the Ohio Wesleyan campus at 3199 Columbus Pike (U.S. 23), Delaware. Learn more about Perkins Observatory at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.owu.edu\/perkins\">www.owu.edu\/perkins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Perkins Observatory<br \/>\nContact: perkins@owu.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the Baccalaureate ceremony, you\u2019re invited to explore the night sky from 9-11 p.m. Friday, May 8, with Don Stevens, director of OWU\u2019s Perkins Observatory. Content varies based on weather conditions, but may include a planetarium show, observatory tours, and stargazing with the 32-inch Schottland Telescope. Admission is free for OWU families for this special [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2057,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campuswide-news-events"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2057"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131437"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131438,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131437\/revisions\/131438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}