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 4/5/2025 What's Up in the April Sky? Watch a video of this! Paul Fischer, NWJAA 4/12/2025 NOPE! Five Common Conspiracy Theories Watch a video of this! Paul Fischer, NWJAA 4/19/2025 Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Astronomy but Were Too Afraid to Ask Watch a video of this! Daniel Kirby, AAA 4/26/2025 Life and Death of Stars Watch a video of this! Walt Windish, NJAG, RAC 5/3/2025 What's Up in the May Sky? Watch a video of this! Lonny Buinis, RVCC 5/10/2025 Solar-Terrestrial Research in the Polar Regions Watch a video of this! Hyomin Kim, NJIT 5/17/2025 George E Hale: Contributions to Astronomy in the 20th Century Watch a video of this! Mark Sproul, NWJAA 5/24/2025 I've Got a Hole in My Pocket Watch a video of this! Paul Fischer, NWJAA 5/31/2025 Let's Solve the Fermi Paradox! Watch a video of this! Dan Kirby, AAA 6/7/2025 What's Up in the June Sky? Watch a video of this! Lonny Buinis, RVCC 6/14/2025 The Beauty of the Universe Watch a video of this! Walt Windish, NJAG, RAC 6/21/2025 From Stonehenge to the Webb Watch a video of this! Karl Hricko, AAI, NWJAA 6/28/2025 3D Printed Astronomy Watch a video of this! Mark Sproul, NWJAA 7/5/2025 What's Up in the July Sky? Watch a video of this! Lonny Buinis, RVCC 7/12/2025 Glass Giants: Extremely Large Telescopes Watch a video of this! Kevin Conod, NJAG 7/19/2025 BANG Woosh ZooOOOM Watch a video of this! Paul Fischer, NWJAA 7/26/2025 HamSCI: Space Weather We Can Do Together! Watch a video of this! Nathaniel A. Frissell, University of Scranton 8/2/2025 What's Up in the August Sky? Watch a video of this! Lonny Buinis, RVCC 8/9/2025 Space Careers Watch a video of this! Ken Taylor, NWJAA 8/16/2025 You Bought a Telescope! Now What? Watch a video of this! Paul Fischer, NWJAA 8/23/2025 James Webb Space Telescope Update: 3 Years of Images Watch a video of this! Walt Windish, NJAG, RAC 8/30/2025 Waste of Space: The Problem of Space Trash Chirag Skolar, NJIT 9/6/2025 What's Up in the September Sky? Lonny Buinis, RVCC 9/13/2025 Smart Telescopes: An Easy and Interesting Entry to Astronomy Walt Windish, NJAG, RAC 9/20/2025 Anatomy of a Star Paul Fischer, NWJAA 9/27/2025 Echoes from the Sky: Understanding Plasma One Blip at a Time Lindsay Goodwin, NJIT 10/4/2025 What's Up in the October Sky? Lonny Buinis, RVCC 10/11/2025 The Universe is a Scary Place Walt Windish, NJAG, RAC 10/18/2025 An Unstable Fluid Universe: How Your Coffee Is Like a Supernova Chirag Skolar, NJIT 10/25/2025
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