UWSP planetarium offers presentations on the night sky
For the City Times
STEVENS POINT – Find the answers at “Clouds of Fire – The Creation of Stars,” a show at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point’s Allen F. Blocher Planetarium at 2 p.m. on the Sundays of Jan. 26, Feb. 2, 9, 16, and 23 and March 1 and 8.
On Monday evenings, the “Night Sky” program is offered at 8 p.m. in the planetarium to look in detail at objects in the current night sky.
The shows are open to the public free of charge.
The Arthur J. Pejsa Observatory telescope is open for free viewings from 8:30-10 p.m. Monday-Wednesday evenings if the skies are clear and the temperature is above 10 degrees.
The planetarium and observatory are located on the second and fourth floor of the UW-Stevens Point Science Building at the corner of Reserve Street and Fourth Avenue. Parking is available in Lot D behind the building and is free in all university lots after 7 p.m. and on weekends.
For more information, call 715-346-2208.