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ViewSpace

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Decatur Area Astronomy Club is proud to announce that ViewSpace, the internetIMAGE: -fed self-updating, permanent exhibit from the Space Telescope Science Institute, home of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and its successor, the James Webb Space Telescope, is now open to the public.

After more than a year of planning and fundraising ViewSpace in Decatur is now a reality.   The only other venue in Illinois that is currently exhibiting ViewSpace is the Adler Planetarium, in Chicago.  Decatur Area Astronomy Club, the only astronomy club in the United States that is authorized to exhibit ViewSpace, is pleased to bring this exciting display to the citizens of central Illinois. 

The exhibit is housed at the Children's Museum of Illinois at 55 South Country Club Road, in Decatur.  

Stop by the museum and enjoy this central Illinois exclusive!!!

 

 Stunning... Spectacular... Inspiring... and Real.

ViewSpace portrays the beauty and wonder of the universe and our blue planet, and gently guides the viewer to a deeper understanding of astronomy.

IMAGE: ViewSpace brings you an ever-changing kaleidoscope of inspiring and educational presentations of the latest and most beautiful in astronomy and space-based earth science. 

The Hubble Space Telescope is among the many NASA science missions that are delivering breathtaking views of the cosmos, forever altering our understanding of space and our place in it.

ViewSpace is an internet-fed, self-updating, permanent exhibit from the Space Telescope Science Institute, home of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and its successor, The James Webb Space Telescope.

 

 

The ViewSpace Theater at the Children's Museum