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The Zodiac – The Moon, The Sun, and the Path of the Planets

Zodiac conveys fundamental celestial phenomena in way that's easy to understand. Follow the Moon and Sun as they move across the star-studded sky, and meet constellations with well-known names. Our shows are open to the public in the Allen F. Blocher Planetarium. The planetarium is located on the second floor of the Science Building, by the...

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Two Small Pieces of Glass – The Amazing Telescope

UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States

Two Small Pieces of Glass – The Amazing Telescope show follows two students as they interact with a female astronomer at a local star party. Along the way, the students learn the history of the telescope from Galileo's modifications to a child's spyglass — using two small pieces of glass — to the launch of...

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One Sky Project

UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States

The concept for each film was conceived by the One Sky Project partnership to showcase the ways different cultures see and interpret humanity’s shared sky. The One Sky Project collaborative was convened in the summer of 2019 and involved astronomers, planetarium professionals, educators, and cultural experts from Canada, China, India, Japan, and the United States....

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