{"id":2911,"date":"2026-04-01T14:09:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T18:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/?p=2911"},"modified":"2026-04-01T14:09:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T18:09:29","slug":"may-8-9-p-m-enjoy-the-stars-at-owus-perkins-observatory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/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 Baccaulaureate ceremony, you&#8217;re 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 event, but\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alumnievents.owu.edu\/e\/owu-family-night-at-perkins-observatory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/alumnievents.owu.edu\/e\/owu-family-night-at-perkins-observatory\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1775142138081000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0bsCVGVr_QQCLJXTbtfNbX\">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\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.owu.edu\/perkins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.owu.edu\/perkins&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1775142138081000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3WbJPo1KOKlJ3Z_WYf82hC\">www.owu.edu\/perkins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>OWU Sponsoring Organization\/Office:<\/strong>\u00a0Perkins Observatory<br \/>\n<strong>Contact:<\/strong>\u00a0Cole Hatcher at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:perkins@owu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">perkins@owu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the Baccaulaureate ceremony, you&#8217;re 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":2100,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[87],"tags":[711,712,713,110,35,334,441],"class_list":["post-2911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-life-academics","tag-perkins","tag-obervatory","tag-stars","tag-commencement","tag-family","tag-graduate","tag-senior"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2100"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2911"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2912,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2911\/revisions\/2912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}