UW Space Place

Space Place is located at 2300 S. Park Street in the Villager Mall,
which is just north of the Beltline Highway.

Space Place is the education and public outreach center of the
UW-Madison Astronomy Department.

Planet Trek Dane County,
our outdoor, scale model solar system, is back again for 2013!

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Galileoscope
Telescope Kits
Galileoscopes are for sale ($20 cash or check only) at Space Place during any of our public programs or order directly from
the Galileoscope site.

saturday science workshops

Saturday Science Workshops

guest presentations

Guest Presentations

stargazing

Star Gazing

telescope workshops

Telescope Workshops

featured astronomical events

Featured Astronomical Events

special events

Special Events

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All Events are Free and Open to the Public


	Friday, May 17• 8:00-10:00 pm Party With the Stars Dr. Jim Lattis will give a short presentation on what objects are currently in the night sky. Following that we will set up telescopes on our rooftop deck, weather permitting. The Evening Sky Map Click here to download a monthly sky chart from Skymaps.com. Washburn Observatory Click on the Washburn Observatory link for schedule information. Universe in the Park The 2013 schedule is now posted! Find a park near you for the next program.
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	Space Place family workshops are offered every Saturday at 10 a.m. for children ages 6-10 and their parents. The workshops are free and open to the public. No registration is required for any of the workshops but attendance is LIMITED to the first 50 people. May 18• "How High Can You Go?" Experiment with making spaghetti towers and buildings. May 25• "Topic to be announced" Please check back for more information.
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	Space Place guest presentations are always free and open to the public, and are offered the 2nd Tuesday of every month. Guest Presentation Tuesday, May 14• 7:00-8:00 pm "How the Sun Got Its Spots: Solar Astrophysics in the Laboratory" by David Weisberg, UW-Madison Plasma Physics Even though the Sun is our closest and best observed star, there remains a good deal of unknown physics lurking beneath its surface. One outstanding question is: why does the sun have a magnetic field? We see evidence of a dynamic solar magnetic field in the cyclical appearance of sunspots and violent eruptions called mass coronal ejections, but the underlying reason for these remains a mystery. At the Madison Plasma Dynamo Experiment, we are creating hot, spinning laboratory plasmas in an attempt to reproduce the basic mechanism of magnetic field generation theorized to occur in the Sun.
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	Telescope Workshop Friday, May 17• 7:00-8:00 pm (This month's workshop is filled. Our next worshop will be June 21st.) Build and learn to use your own telescope! We will construct the telescope, help you learn to use the lenses that are included, and give you some tips for observing. The fee for the workshop is $25 which includes the Galileoscope telescope kit. Please email kay@astro.wisc.edu to register for the workshop. Click to download flyer.
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	Now is a good time to see Saturn! Saturn will be bright and visible nearly all night so get outside and enjoy the view. Find out how to spot Saturn (and more) in the night sky.
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	Eat, Play, Bike at the Villager Mall Every Thursday in June • 4-9:00 pm Every Thursday evening in June the Villager parking lot will be closed to vehicles and transformed into a community space. Join local residents as they share their culture, skills and abilities through dance, art, music. performances, and much more. Sponsored by the South Madison Promise Zone.