Welcome to the Van Allen Observatory website. The University of Iowa Department of Physics and Astronomy maintains these pages as a guide to the Van Allen Observatory (VAO) located on the roof of Van Allen Hall in downtown Iowa City.

Please note that due to summer 2024 Van Allen Hall roof renovations, the Van Allen Observatory will be closed for summer 2024.

View of Phillips, Van Allen, Biology Buildings via Drone Sept 2021

Events

Organizational Meeting for Operator Theory & Mathematical Physics fall seminar series

Tuesday, August 27, 2024 1:30pm
Van Allen Hall
Organizational meeting to schedule speakers and topics for both the Operator Theory and Mathematical Physics seminars for the Fall 2024 semester.