Astronomy Day is May 4, 2013!
Public shows are on Tuesdays at 7pm
(adults, and ages 12 and up); and
Children's shows are Saturdays at 11am
(aimed at ages 5-12).
For directions, please click "Location" on the left menu.
The shows last about an hour and the fee is $2 per person. Not recommended for children under age 4.
In April: "More than Meets the Eye" (7pm) and "Larry Cat in Space" (Saturdays; aimed at ages 5-10).
Shows continue until May 14, 2013. For group shows, call 715-836-5034.
Astronomy Day (May 4) by the planetarium:
Outside the planetarium: 10am -3pm displays: Meteorites, radioactivity, solar telescopes, spectroscopes, radio telescope, children's craft, make a star wheel.
Real Sky
Hobbs Observatory at Beaver Creek Reserve offers public access after dark (if it's not too cloudy) the third Saturday of the month and every clear Saturday from May to October. MAPFree Astronomy lectures at Hobbs Observatory, 8pm on the third Saturday (telescope viewing afterwards once it is dark out). The observatory is made available to the public through the Chippewa Valley Astronomical Society.
To get to Hobbs Observatory: Travel East on Clairemont (Highway 12), through Altoona and to Fall Creek. In Fall Creek, turn left on County Road K, and travel a few miles (go past "SS"; but if you reach a stop sign you went too far.) The observatory is on the left, just before (but across the road from) Beaver Creek Reserve nature center.
