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Virtual Party With the Stars TBA • Check back for more details
Join us on the web as we send live astronomical images from our telescope along with explanations of where to find the targets in the sky. To join us, search on YouTube for "UW Space Place live". this event is "weather permitting" and will be canceled under bad sky conditions.
The Evening Sky Map Click here to download a monthly sky chart from Skymaps.com.
Virtual Saturday Science Workshop Saturday, May 15 • 10:00 am
Experiment with energy and make a cotton ball launcher. The workshop will be live-streamed on the UW Space Place YouTube channel. The easiest way to find it is to search, a few minutes before 10am, on YouTube for "UW Space Place Live". This event takes place online only, not at UW Space Place.
Check out a new comic strip from UW-Madison Astronomy (for 2nd-4th graders).
Space Place guest presentations are always free and open to the
public, and are offered the 2nd Tuesday of every month. However, all of our guest presentations are now being done virtually.
"Eyes on the Skies for May 2021" Virtual Presentation
Recorded • Available on our YouTube channel
Dr. Jim Lattis discusses what you can find in our spring skies. The presentation is available on our YouTube channel. Previous guest presentations are recorded for you to watch as well.
Madison Astronomical Society Guest Speaker(Virtual) May 14 • 7:30-9:00 pm
"Science or Spycraft? How Astronomers Helped Conquer in the Age of Discovery" by James Barnes, UW-Madison History Department. All are welcome to join the event.If you would like to attend the MAS virtual meeting, send an email to madisonastro.info@gmail.com by noon Friday, May 14 to let them know of your interest. They will email you the Zoom link at 3pm that day which will get you into the meeting by 7:30 on Friday evening.
