Yellowstone National Park
Star Talk Activities
Spring and Summer 2019
Enjoy Yellowstone's unpolluted night sky. The Museum of the Rockies (Bozeman, Montana) has partnered with Yellowstone since 1999 to offer this educational program series. Enjoy programs about astronomy, find constellations, hear stories, and view celestial objects through telescopes, weather permitting.
| Night Sky Observing - Evening Program - Stars Over Yellowstone |
| Place |
Madison Information Station Parking Lot - Dress warmly and bring a flashlight. |
| Title |
Night Sky Observing |
| Description |
Find the Milky Way, planets, craters on the Moon, the center of the Galaxy, star clusters, and nebula.
Telescopes available. |
| Dates |
June 28th & June 29th and July 26th & July 27th - Friday and Saturday |
| Time |
10:30 p.m. |
| What Color is Ultraviolet? Seeing the Sun from Space. |
| Place |
Madison Amphthreater - Dress warmly and bring a flashlight. |
| Title |
What Color is Ultraviolet? Seeing the Sun from Space. |
| Description |
The Sun has captured the human imagination since the beginning of recorded history. However, it is only since the space age that we have "seen" our star in ultraviolet. Does the Sun look different in ultraviolet? What have we learned? Presented by Professor Charles Kankelborg, Ph.D. , Solar Physics Montana State University. |
| Dates |
June 28th - Friday |
| Time |
9:30 p.m. |
| Ten (or so) Lessons from Rocket Science
9:30 pm Saturday, June 29 |
| Place |
Madison Amphtheater - Dress warmly and bring a flashlight. |
| Title |
Ten (or so) Lessons from Rocket Science |
| Description |
X-ray and ultraviolet light from the Sun is blocked by our atmosphere, and that's mostly a good thing. What does it take to fly an experiment to space to see the ultraviolet Sun? and what could possibly go wrong? Presented by Professor Charles Kankelborg, Ph.D. , Solar
Physics Montana State University |
| Dates |
June 29th - Saturday |
| Time |
9:30 p.m. |
| Cosmic Update - Evening Program - Stars Over Yellowstone |
| Place |
Madison Amphitheater - Dress warmly and bring a flashlight. |
| Title |
Cosmic Update by Mr. Jim Manning - science education consultant and former Executive Director of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. |
| Description |
What's up, what's new, what's hot in the larger universe today. |
| Date |
July 26th - Friday |
| Time |
9:30 p.m. |
| Planet-Building in the Universe - Evening Program - Stars Over Yellowstone |
| Place |
Madison Amphitheater - dress warmly and bring a flashlight |
| Title |
Planet-Building in the Universe |
| Description |
A look at the menagerie of worlds we’re finding, and what it means for Earth and life. Presented by Mr. Jim Manning, science education consultant and former Executive Director of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. |
| Dates |
July 27th - Saturday |
| Time |
9:30 p.m. |
| Safe Solar Observing - Stars Over Yellowstone - Old Faithful Area |
| Place |
Old Faithful Visitor Center |
| Title |
Safe Solar Observing |
| Description |
Safely view the sun through telescopes. Great for the whole family. |
| Dates |
June 29th and July 27th - Saturdays |
| Time |
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm |
Stars Over Yellowstone is presented by The Museum of the Rockies and its partners, including the Southwest Montana Astronomical Society and the Abaetern Academy. The Museum of the Rockies is in Bozeman, Montana, at 600 Kagy Blvd. Phone: 406-994-2251.
