Public Programs at Jenny Jump
Every Saturday evening from April through October, UACNJ hosts free public programs at our observatory in Jenny Jump State Forest.
Each evening begins with an astronomy presentation at 8 PM outdoors. Feel free to arrive after 7:30 PM to claim a spot in our presentation area. Please bring your own chairs or blankets for you and your group.
After the presentation, we open up the observatory telescopes for stargazing until 10:30 PM, weather permitting.
If conditions force us to cancel the on-site program, we will still livestream on YouTube. Visitors with reservations will receive an email notification no later than 3 PM on the day of the event.
UACNJ is virtually open during the winter!
Check out our online winter programming!
| 4/4/2026 | What's Up in the April Sky? Watch a video of this! | Lonny Buinis, RVCC |
| 4/11/2026 | I've Got a Hole in my Pocket Watch a video of this! | Paul Fisher, NWJAA |
| 4/18/2026 | Astronomy for beginners Watch a video of this! | Ken Taylor |
| 4/25/2026 | Nope! Five Common Conspiracy Theories Debunked Watch a video of this! | Paul Fischer, NWJAA |
| 5/2/2026 | What's Up in the May Sky? Watch a video of this! | Lonny Buinis, RVCC |
| 5/9/2026 | The Life and Legacy of Charles Messier Watch a video of this! | Bill Murray, AAAP |
| 5/16/2026 | The Life Cycle of Stars | Walt Windish, NJAG, RAC |
| 5/23/2026 | Radio Astronomy | Mark Sproul, NWJAA |
| 5/30/2026 | An Unstable Fluid Universe: How Your Coffee is Like a Supernova | Chirag Skolar, NJIT |
| 6/6/2026 | What's Up in the June Sky? | Lonny Buinis, RVCC |
| 6/13/2026 | New Zealand: Astronomy Down Under | Walt Windish, NJAG, RAC |
| 6/20/2026 | To be announced | To be announced |
| 6/27/2026 | To be announced | Daniel Kirby, AAA |
| 7/4/2026 | What's Up in the July Sky? | Lonny Buinis, RVCC |
| 7/11/2026 | HamSCI: Gannon Geomagnetic Storm & Meteor Scatter QSO Party | Rebecca Potter & Nina Tormann, NJIT |
| 7/18/2026 | Remote Gateway Telescope | Stan Honda, AAA |
| 7/25/2026 | To be announced | To be announced |
| 8/1/2026 | What's Up in the August Sky? | Lonny Buinis, RVCC |
| 8/8/2026 | JWST Update: Fourth Year of Images | Walt Windish, NJAG, RAC |
| 8/15/2026 | Waste of Space: The Problem of Space Trash | Chirag Skolar, NJIT |
| 8/22/2026 | An Introduction to Astrophotography, with Once Shot Color and Monochrome Cameras | Jaime Rodriguez |
| 8/29/2026 | TBA: series from NJIT | Fernando Cuartas, NJIT |
| 9/5/2026 | What's Up in the September Sky? | Lonny Buinis, RVCC |
| 9/12/2026 | Past, present and future of astronomy discoveries: Using Space Telescopes to collect Big Data | Aryiadna Yesmanchyk, NJIT |
| 9/19/2026 | Smart Telescopes: A Gateway to Astrophotography | Walt Windish, NJAG, RAC |
| 9/26/2026 | TBA: series from NJIT | Camila Pazmino, NJIT |
| 10/3/2026 | What's Up in the October Sky? | Lonny Buinis, RVCC |
| 10/10/2026 | To be announced | Ken Taylor |
| 10/17/2026 | Introduction to Deep Sky Observing | Bill Murray, AAAP |
| 10/24/2026 | Astronomy Hawaiian Style | Walt Windish, NJAG, RAC |
| 10/31/2026 | To be announced | To be announced |
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