Analemma Society Programs

  • Looking into the Sky

    Analemma Society in cooperation with Fairfax County Park Authority is in the process of upgrading the Remote Accessed Telescope Observatory (RATO) for astronomical imaging.

  • M13 Globular Cluster

    Analemma Society has educational programs throughout the year to dexplain astronomical objects and their relevance to our lives.

  • Roll-Top Observatory

    The Roll-Top observatory holds free public observing every Friday night, weather permitting. 

  • RATO

    Analemma Society uses the RATO observatory.  The Roll-Top Observatory complements this for public observing made available through Fairfax County Park Authority for astronomical observing events and educational classes.

  • Veil Nebula

    The Analemma Society was founded in 1998 to foster science through astronomy.  Star-Gazing at the moon, stars, and deep sky objects is a regular public event.

  • Public Observing

    The Analemma Society hosts free public observing of the heavens each Friday night, weather permitting

  • Roll-Top Observatory

    Fairfax County Park Authority opened the new Roll-Top observatory and classrooms in September 2011.  The facility is now used extensively for Fairfax County Park Programs and Analemma Society Friday night observing and educational programs.