Reservations are highly recommended for our weekly programs!
Please see our reservation page for complete details.


Public Programs at Jenny Jump







UACNJ provides free public programs at our Observatory in Jenny Jump State Forest from April through October on Saturday evenings.

An astronomy presentation begins at 8 PM, outside. Please bring your own chairs or blankets - your entire party can claim a spot in our presentation area, so make sure you come early (not before 7:30 ;-) )

Our live presentation is followed by stargazing on the observatory's telescopes until 10:30 PM, weather permitting.

Programs will be cancelled in the event of inclement weather - visitors with reservations will receive an email no later than 3pm on the day of the event if we cancel.

If we cancel the on-site program, we will still live stream on YouTube!

UACNJ is VIRTUALLY open during the Winter!
Check out our new on-line Winter programming!



Date
Topic
Speaker
4/5/2025What's Up in the April Sky? Watch a video of this!Paul Fischer, NWJAA
4/12/2025NOPE! Five Common Conspiracy Theories Watch a video of this!Paul Fischer, NWJAA
4/19/2025Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Astronomy but Were Too Afraid to Ask Watch a video of this!Daniel Kirby, AAA
4/26/2025Life and Death of StarsWalt Windish, NJAG, RAC
5/3/2025What's Up in the May Sky?Lonny Buinis, RVCC
5/10/2025Solar-Terrestrial Research in the Polar RegionsHyomin Kim, NJIT
5/17/2025George E Hale: Contributions to Astronomy in the 20th CenturyMark Sproul, NWJAA
5/24/2025I've Got a Hole in My PocketPaul Fischer, NWJAA
5/31/2025
6/7/2025What's Up in the June Sky?Lonny Buinis, RVCC
6/14/2025The Beauty of the UniverseWalt Windish, NJAG, RAC
6/21/2025
6/28/2025
7/5/2025What's Up in the July Sky?Lonny Buinis, RVCC
7/12/2025Astronomy for BeginnersKen Taylor, NWJAA
7/19/2025BANG Woosh ZooOOOMPaul Fischer, NWJAA
7/26/2025
8/2/2025What's Up in the August Sky?Lonny Buinis, RVCC
8/9/2025Space CareersKen Taylor, NWJAA
8/16/2025You Bought a Telescope! Now What?Paul Fischer, NWJAA
8/23/2025James Webb Space Telescope Update: 3 Years of ImagesWalt Windish, NJAG, RAC
8/30/2025Waste of Space: The Problem of Space TrashChirag Skolar, NJIT
9/6/2025What's Up in the September Sky?Lonny Buinis, RVCC
9/13/2025Smart Telescopes: An Easy and Interesting Entry to AstronomyWalt Windish, NJAG, RAC
9/20/2025Anatomy of a StarPaul Fischer, NWJAA
9/27/2025Echoes from the Sky: Understanding Plasma One Blip at a TimeLindsay Goodwin, NJIT
10/4/2025What's Up in the October Sky?Lonny Buinis, RVCC
10/11/2025
10/18/2025An Unstable Fluid Universe: How Your Coffee Is Like a SupernovaChirag Skolar, NJIT
10/25/2025The Universe is a Scary PlaceWalt Windish, NJAG, RAC

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