Wyoming Stargazing is pleased to welcome Astronaut Scott Altman to Jackson this weekend to kick off our World Above the Tetons Science Speaker Series.
Category: Fundraising
Bags For Change Voting Opens This Sunday April 30th
Some month’s ago, Wyoming Stargazing applied to be considered for the Quarter 3 Bags For Change program at Lucky’s. We were accepted! The VOTE opens @luckysmarketjackson this Sunday, April 30th and goes through Sunday, May 7th. The timing really couldn’t be better as we prepare to welcome one of nature’s most renowned celestial experiences of […]
“100 Days Until the Eclipse” Blog Series and Eclipse Fundraising Events
We are 5 months out today from the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse on August 21st! If you haven’t already been able to attend one of the public eclipse presentations offered by our Executive Director Dr. Samuel Singer, please check our events calendar for more eclipse presentations scheduled over the next several months. Beginning on May […]
Join Us for a Party with the Perseids
Both town and county voted in our revised LDRs! We’re now one step closer to becoming a Dark Sky Certified community! Look for a future blog post to see what that means and what the next steps are. But in the meantime, it’s time for a celebration! Party with the Perseids! When: Thursday, August 11th, […]
Fundraising to Save Our Night Skies
We’ve just launched a brand new fundraiser to help us begin making a big impact on the light pollution in Jackson! If successful, we’ll be able to begin a series of case studies with local businesses in collaboration with Energy Conservation Works, another local nonprofit, to quantitatively measure the light emitted from various locations around […]
Solar Astronomy at Children’s Museum this Sunday
This Sunday, March 1st, at 11am, Wyoming Stargazing will be offering a free solar astronomy program outside the Jackson Hole Children’s Museum. Please join us to check out sunspots and solar flares through our high tech solar telescopes.
AmazonSmile
Hello Fellow Supporters of Wyoming Stargazing! Financially supporting Wyoming Stargazing just got even easier and free! All you have to do is make all your future Amazon.com purchases from AmazonSmile. It’s the same Amazon.com that you know and love, but each time you make a purchase from AmazonSmile, Amazon will give Wyoming Stargazing %0.5 of the total purchase amount. […]
Save Our Night Skies Campaign Kick-off Event
Wyoming Stargazing is hosting a kick-off event for the Save Our Night Skies Campaign on Thursday, February 19th, beginning at 5:30pm at the Center for the Arts. This event is part of a larger art show at the Center that is being co-sponsored by the Center of Wonder and Wyoming Stargazing. This Upyard Art Show will highlight […]
The Wyoming Stargazing Observatory Concept Rendering is Here!
Thanks goes out to Jakub Galczynski from Vera Iconica Architecture and the generous donation of his time and expertise. Because of Jakub we have an initial 3D rendering of what our planned observatory might look like! We would love your comments and feedback. It is pictured here at Spring Creek Ranch.
Jackson Hole May Get An Observatory
We’re beginning to get some publicity! The Jackson Hole Radio recently wrote an article about our goals and Indiegogo campaign to build an observatory and planetarium here in Jackson Hole.
Indiegogo Fundraising Campaign
We just launched a fundraising campaign on Indiegogo. Here’s the link for the campaign: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/wyoming-star-gazing/x/4213433 In order to reach our goal we only need 7 people a day to donate $25 each. Thanks for helping out!