Our faculty, researchers, staff, and students participate in a wide range of events — including workshops, lectures, and demonstrations — in schools and for the general public. In all, the outreach efforts of the UW Department of Astronomy serve more than 4000 people per year. Activities in the Seattle metropolitan area include:

Shows in the UW Planetarium (or have the UW Mobile Planetarium come to you!)

Public talks and telescope viewing at the Theodor Jacobsen Observatory

Public presentations at Astronomy on Tap