TOPEKA – View the night sky at Crane Observatory open houses. The observatory is in Stoffer Science Hall on the Washburn University campus. Open houses are free and open to the public. The events are canceled in the event of inclement weather. Open houses will be :

8:30 to 10 p.m. Sept. 3 and 178 to 9:30 p.m. Oct. 1 and 157:30 to 9 p.m. Nov. 5, 19 and Dec. 3

For more information, call the Washburn physics and astronomy department at 670-2141 or check the Web site at http://www.washburn.edu/cas/physics/crane.