Department of Astronomy
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Astronomy Calendar

Events

Events

  • Mar
    16

    Monday Science Seminar @ 12:00 pm 4530 Sterling Hall

    A weekly seminar series featuring talks from astronomers at UW and beyond.

  • Mar
    17

    Stars Coffee @ 2:00 pm 4421 Sterling Hall

  • Mar
    17

    Astronomy on Tap Madison: Mapping the Galaxy and Making Aliens @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm 557 North Street Madison WI

    Join us for our March 2026 edition of Madison Astronomy on Tap at the Northstreet Taproom! This month we will hear from two UW–Madison astronomers talk about how to make a map of the solar …

  • Mar
    19

    Astronomy Colloquium: Prof. David Nataf @ 3:30 pm 4421 Sterling

    Speaker: Prof. David Nataf Institution: University of Iowa Title: JWST Imaging of the Stellar Populations of Andromeda and Triangulum Abstract: The James Webb Space Telescope is revolutionizing virtually all areas of observational astrophysics, and that …

  • Mar
    23

    Monday Science Seminar @ 12:00 pm 4530 Sterling Hall

    A weekly seminar series featuring talks from astronomers at UW and beyond.

More events

Other Events to Note:

Español y Vino: Español y Vino es una iniciativa nacida en el departamento de astronomía para juntarse entre todos quienes hablamos español, sin importar si eres nativo o hablas sólo un poco. La única regla que hay es que hay que hablar en español (o lo más posible, si es que cuesta un poco). La parte del vino es opcional.

Español y Vino is a new initiative in the astronomy department to gather those who speak Spanish, whether you are a native speaker or speak only a little, and have a shared dinner. The only rule of the gathering is that everyone must speak in Spanish for the duration of the event. It’s a great way to strengthen developing language skills with native speakers.

To learn more information or get involved, contact Estephani at torresvillan@wisc.edu.

 

Universe in the Park: Universe in the Park (UitP) is a popular outreach program of the Department of Astronomy at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. UitP travels to state parks throughout Wisconsin during the summer camping season, giving talks and slide shows, answering questions, and letting the general public view astronomical objects through one of the UitP telescopes.

To request a UitP program, see the Badger Talks web site at https://badgertalks.wisc.edu/uitp/. To learn more information or get involved, view the UitP page or contact Jim Lattis at lattis@astro.wisc.edu.

 

Do you have an event you would like added to the Astronomy calendar? Contact Sophia Didier at smdidier@wisc.edu.