Reservations are highly recommended for our weekly programs!
Please see our reservation page for complete details.
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!
| 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 | Ken Taylor, NWJAA |
| 8/16/2025 | You Bought a Telescope! Now What? | Paul Fischer, NWJAA |
| 8/23/2025 | James Webb Space Telescope Update: 3 Years of Images | 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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