Astronomy Day – Saturday, April 24th

Join us for Astronomy Day from 1:00 – 4:00pm at the Museum of the Rockies.
All events and Museum admission are FREE to the public!

Presentations

•        1pm: Opening Remarks
…Ryan Hannahoe, MSU

•        1:10pm: Space Travel, Space Research and (yuck) Space Adaption Syndrome
…Loren Acton, former NASA astronaut

•        2pm: Listening to the Universe
…Joey Key, MSU Physics

•        3pm: Eye on the Big Sky
…MSU Space Public Outreach Team

Solar Observing

(located at the Museum Entrance Plaza)
weather permitting

Planetarium Shows

1pm: Star Signs
2pm: Lewis & Clark
3pm: Star Signs

Kids Activities

(located within the Redstart Classroom)
•        Electromagnetic War
•        Fun with Solar Cookies
•        Gravity Wave Game
•        How to Make a Star-Wheel
•        Science with UV Bead Bracelets

Exhibits

(located in the main lobby)
•        Astrobiology Biogeocatalysis Research Center of MSU
•        Montana Space Grant Consortium
•        NASA’s Mercury MESSENGER Mission
•        Solar Physics Research Group of MSU
•        Southwest Montana Astronomical Society
•        SPIE Student Chapter of MSU

Event Sponsors

Astrobiology Biogeocatalysis Research Center of MSU
MSU’s Extended University
Museum of the Rockies
Solar Physics Research Group of MSU
Southwest Montana Astronomical Society