The WVHS Planetarium

Indian Prairie School District 204

WVHS Planetarium Home

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Welcome to the new Planetarium website. Stay tuned over the next few days and weeks, as we expand and add information to the site!

The WVHS Planetarium was selected by NASA to participate in a national unveiling of a new image of the Pinwheel Galaxy (M101). Only 118 locations were selected across the United States. On February 20, 2009 four hundred people participated in the unveiling event held at Waubonise Valley High School. The new image will permanently hang in the planetarium for visitors to enjoy.
 


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Overhead Events

  • May 06, 2009Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower
  • June 5, 2009Venus at Greatest Elongation
  • June 19, 2009Venus & Mars two degrees apart in morning sky
  • June 21, 2009Summer Solstice
  • July 22, 2009Total Solar Eclipse visible in India & China (Not visible in North America)
  • August 12, 2009Perseid Meteor Shower
  • August 14, 2009Jupiter at Opposition
  • September 4, 2009Saturn's rings appear edge-on (telescope needed)
  • September 22, 2009Autumnal Equinox
  • October 3, 2009Full Harvest
  • October 21, 2009Orionid Meteor Shower
  • November 17, 2009Leonid Meteor Shwoer
  • December 14, 2009Geminid Meteor Shower
  • December 21, 2009Winter Solstice

Contact Info

Director: Stephanie Gove

2590 Ogden Avenue (map)
Aurora, IL 60504

Office: 630.375.3247
Email: stephanie_gove@ipsd.org

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