Doane Observatory at the Adler Planetarium | Come See the Stars!

Doane Observatory The Adler Planetarium’s Doane Observatory is pretty special. It is home to the largest telescope available to the public in the Chicagoland area! That means that guests get to see the sharpest and brightest view of our universe that Chicago has to offer. It gathers over 7,000 times more light than the unaided human eye, allowing you to see celestial objects that are trillions of miles away. And we think that’s pretty cool! Even in Chicago’s light-polluted skies, we can spot...