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2008-09 PUBLIC PLANETARIUM PROGRAM

TBD

Admission to public programs is $3 for Adults, $2.00 for Students and Senior Citizens, and Free for UW - La Crosse students with I.D. card.

Please note: No one will be admitted once the program begins due to the nature of the Planetarium.                                   

                  October Program

         Saturdays:  at 1PM      

           Mondays: at 7PM

       

                                   November Program

             Saturdays:  at 1M

             Mondays: at 7pm

                                    December Program

                Saturdays: at 1PM

                    "A Christmas Present"
This program for the young and young at heart joins two astronauts who are in orbit on Christmas Eve and spot a strange red light. Before they discover what it is, they reminisce about Christmas' of the past and ponder what the Christmas Star might have been. (Produced by the Chaffee Planetarium; Grand Rapids, MI)
                  Mondays: at 7PM 

                          "Star of Wonder"
This program speculates on what the Christmas Star might have been. Astronomical possibilities examined include comets, meteors, novae, and planetary conjunctions. Historical, biblical, and astronomical records are combined to try to solve the age-old mystery of the star.
(Produced by the Bishop Planetarium; Bradenton, FL)

                                 February Program

              Saturdays:  1PM

              Mondays:  7PM 

                         

 

                                        March Program

            Saturdays:  at 1PM

            Mondays:  at 7PM 

                    

                                            April Program

               Saturdays: at 1PM

               Mondays:  at 7PM 

                 

For further information, email Gordon Stewart, Planetarium Director, in the Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse. Phone: 608.785.8669

 

 

Gordon Stewart, UW-L Planetarium Director 

                                           Phone: 608 785 8669 

                                          E Mail:  stewart.gord@uwlax.edu

 

 
 

 

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