{"id":3575,"date":"2026-04-01T08:05:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T12:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/seniorsatowu\/?p=3575"},"modified":"2026-04-15T15:35:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T19:35:49","slug":"may-8-9-p-m-enjoy-the-stars-at-owus-perkins-observatory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/seniorsatowu\/may-8-9-p-m-enjoy-the-stars-at-owus-perkins-observatory\/","title":{"rendered":"May 8 @ 9 p.m. \u2014 Enjoy the Stars at OWU\u2019s Perkins Observatory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<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 event, but\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alumnievents.owu.edu\/e\/owu-family-night-at-perkins-observatory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about Perkins Observatory at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.owu.edu\/perkins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/www.owu.edu\/perkins<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>OWU Sponsoring Organization\/Office:<\/strong>\u00a0Perkins Observatory<br><strong>Contact:<\/strong>\u00a0Don Stevens at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:dpsteven@owu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dpsteven@owu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/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":2249,"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":[373],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-posts"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/seniorsatowu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/seniorsatowu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/seniorsatowu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/seniorsatowu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2249"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/seniorsatowu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3575"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/seniorsatowu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3587,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/seniorsatowu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3575\/revisions\/3587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/seniorsatowu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/seniorsatowu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/seniorsatowu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}