Tower Grove Park hosts first-ever Astronomy Festival
Take a trip to the stars and beyond at Tower Grove's Astronomy Festival!
Several members of the McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences at Washington University are participating in the Astronomy Festival on September 10.
Members from the Department of Physics will help you make your own telescope, demonstrate gravity and orbital motion, and share information on black hole ballooning. The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences will have Mars and Moon globes and meteorites on display.
The following affiliated partners of the McDonnell Center will also be presenting at the festival:
- St. Louis Science Center has organized an education booth.
- WURocketry Team will show model rockets and relics.
- Astronomy on Tap will host a talk by Dr. Pamela Gay, "Beautiful Science: Combining the Art of Astrophotography with the Pursuit of Science Data," at 6:00 pm.
- St. Louis Astronomical Society will provide solar telescope viewing at sunset from 7:00-9:00 pm.
The festival schedule of events also includes a mobile planetarium show (registration required), several talks, and even guided night hikes. Come join the fun!
Sign language interpreters will be available at the noon and 6:00 pm lectures.