Planetarium
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SPOILER ALERT!
*** THE UWL PLANETARIUM CLOSED DECEMBER 31, 2025 ***
The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Planetarium PRESENTED programs from 1966 to 2025 to school groups, private groups, and the public. Our facility was recognized in Physics Today, The Alumnus, and La Crosse Magazine. The goal of the Planetarium WAS to provide educational outreach for the area and to raise awareness of the value of astronomy.
MONTHLY ASTRONOMY CLUB MEETINGS : The monthly meetings are held on the first Wednesday of the month. Beginning in January, 2026, the meetings will be at the Central High School Planetarium. http://lcaas.org
PUBLIC PROGRAMS:
Public Programs have ended! They WERE held at 1:00 pm on Saturdays during our FINAL semester (Fall 2025).
UWL Planetarium projector
Albums used for the fall 2025 semester were: Spirit's "Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus", Pink Floyd's "Atom Heart Mother", Black Sabbath's "Paranoid", Led Zeppelin's "I", Grateful Dead's "American Beauty", Doors' "Alive, She Cried", Rolling Stones' "Their Satanic Majesties Request", Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour", Michael Jackson's "Thriller", Parliament's "Mothership Connection", Queen's "A Night At The Opera", David Bowie's "Ziggy Stardust", Wishbone Ash's "Argus", and Pink Floyd's "The Wall".
Albums used during the 2024-25 school year were: David Gilmour's "Luck and Strange", Pink Floyd's "Meddle", Jack White's "No Name", Doors' "Essential Rarities", Foster The People's "Paradise State Of Mind", Rolling Stones' "Sticky Fingers", Jon Anderson (Yes) and the Band Geeks' "True", Pink Floyd's "Dark Side Of The Moon", Coldplay's "Moon Music", Grateful Dead's "Oxford, Maine 1993", Kings of Leon's "Can We Please Have Fun", Led Zeppelin's "Houses Of The Holy", Linkin Park's "From Zero", Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here", The Cure's "Songs Of A Lost World", Pink Floyd's "Animals", Alexisonfire's "Otherness", Talking Heads' "Stop Making Sense" (concert film soundtrack), Smashing Pumpkins "Aghori Mhori Mei", Prince's "Purple Rain", Pearl Jam's "Dark Matter", Beatles' "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", Pink Floyd's "A Momentary Lapse Of Reason", Pink Floyd's "The Division Bell", My Morning Jacket's "is", Tom Petty's "Full Moon Fever", Bob Marley and the Wailers' "Legend", and Pink Floyd's "The Wall".
Thank you for visiting the Planetarium website. Keep looking up and here's hoping you have clear skies!
Bob Allen, Planetarium Director
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Email: rallen2@uwlax.edu