KU Portable Planetarium

Hawk Week 2024

The KU Planeterium's schedule on Tuesday, Aug 27 during KU's Hawk Week 2024 has shows at 12pm, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm, 5pm, 6pm, 7pm, and 8pm (every hour, on the hour). The planetarium is on the ground floor of Slawson Hall (Slawson G174); our schedule is:

The Hawk Week schedule is:

Hawk Week 2024!

Welcome... to the KU planetarium!

• 12:00pm -- Out there, the Quest For Extrasolar Worlds
• 1:00pm -- Distant Worlds, Alien Life
• 2:00pm -- Phantom of the Universe - Dark Matter
• 3:00pm -- The Dark Matter Mystery
• 4:00pm -- Show title TBD
• 5:00pm -- A Tour of the Solar System and Beyond
• 6:00pm -- Day and Night: A Tour of the Sky
• 7:00pm -- The Sun: Our Living Star
• 8:00pm -- Supermassive Black Holes: Uncovering the Invisible

Meanwhile, explore some of the other astronomy activities going on around here:

• Telescope showings
• CubeWorlds

Other Local Astronomy

• Astronomy Associates of Lawrence (old site archived here).

Other Campus Outreach

• Quarked: games, hands-on programs, and animated videos. Enjoyment for ages 5 and up!
• Other KU High-Energy Physics Outreach
• KU Youth Programs, Activities, and Camps
• KU Student Union Activities
• KU Events Calendar