Universe in the Park includes a presentation on astronomy, including recent astronomical news, and a weather dependent star party, where visitors will have the opportunity to view available astronomical objects through a telescope.

UitP is a program of the University of Wisconsin Department of Astronomy and UW Space Place.

Speaker Estephani Torres Villanueva is a fourth year astronomy graduate student at UW-Madison. Her interests broadly encompass the planet formation process along with ethe evolution of chemical abundances within planet forming regions much like our early solar system. Her current work involves studying the properties of young planet forming systems to estimate the quantities of carbon and oxygen embedded within these young extrasolar systems.

This is a free event. The talk will be given outside by the Rock Elm Shelter on the North Shore.