Exploring the Night Sky at Yerkes-Fall 2024
- Presented By:
- Yerkes Observatory
- Dates:
- 9/6/2024, 9/7/2024, 9/8/2024, 9/13/2024, 9/14/2024, 9/28/2024, 10/4/2024, 10/5/2024, 10/11/2024, 10/12/2024, 10/18/2024, 10/19/2024, 10/25/2024, 10/26/2024
- Location:
- Yerkes Observatory
- Address:
- 373 W. Geneva Street, Williams Bay, WI 53191
- Time:
- 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Price:
- Only 12 tickets available for each tour | Adults $140 | Youth $85
- Email:
- info@yerkesobservatory.org
-
Details
Exploring the Night Sky with the Great Refractor tour tickets for Fall 2024 are available now on our ticketing website!
With only 12 tickets available for each tour, this exclusive evening illuminates the inner-workings of Yerkes Observatory after dark. Curated by our Astronomy Team, each tour features a viewing of the cosmos with the largest refracting telescope in the world if skies are clear. If skies are not clear, we’ll delve into Yerkes vaults with 180,000 glass astronomical images, explore the evolution of astrophotography through over a century of equipment, and visit darkrooms in our subterranean chambers.
Regardless of atmospheric conditions, this is a two-hour immersion inside the observatory that changed the way we see the Universe. This is a night event, thus it’s an experience best enjoyed by ages 13 and up. Because of the historic construction of the building and domes, there are several flights of stairs (standard, steep, and tight spirals) that will be climbed and descended during both the clear and cloudy night programs. As such, this experience is not wheelchair accessible.
Only 12 tickets available for each tour | Adults $140 | Youth $85
Available Dates:
- September: 6th, 7th, 8th, 13th, 14th, 28th
- October: 4th, 5th, 11th, 12th, 18th, 19th, 25th, 26th