Upcoming Events Cosmic Conversations at UMC Physics click on the links below! |
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| Laws Observatory will be open every Wednesday night from 8-10pm except holiday weeks. |
| UMC hosts talks on astronomy the first Wednesday of every month at UMC Physics, and a Saturday morning talk in the Bond Life Science Bldg. |
February Laws Observatory reopens every Wednesday night March 9th - 7:00 pm Columbia Public Library Three brilliant planets and the nearly Full Moon will make for a terrific show as winter nears an end. We will start with a slide show on those three planets and then go outside, weather- permitting, for telescopic views of Jupiter, Venus and Mars! Then, just after 8:30 pm, the nearly Full Moon will rise over the trees in the east, capping off what should be a great evening of astronomy. 31st Earth Hour Turn off your lights for 1 hour at 8:30pm April 12th Yuri's Night 13th 7:30 pm Columbia Public Library Mars is the star tonight, at its best high in the south as it gets dark. We will start our evening with a slide show on The Red Planet and its notorious reputation as the god of war. Does Mars indicate that the Mayan “End of the World” really will come in December? We’ll discuss that! Then, weather- permitting, we will go outside and take a close look through the telescope at the most famous of all the planets, its polar ice caps and mysterious “continents” on display. May 11th 7:30 pm Columbia Public Library Tonight we say goodbye to Venus, the Queen of Planets, which is racing toward a rendezvous with the sun in just a few days. We will start with a slide show on Venus, Earth’s “sister planet,” and what we have recently learned about its super-hot surface and ultra- dense atmosphere. Then we will go outside, weather- permitting, to get a telescopic view of Venus’ beautiful white crescent, like a miniature moon. Finally, we’ll get one last look at Mars for 2012. Don’t miss this great spring planet show! December 2012...Yes! 2012 12/21/12 Come celebrate the end of the Mayan calendar! Event & time TBD |