On behalf of the W.A. Gayle Planetarium, we look forward to your visit to our facility!
The Gayle Planetarium is owned by the city of Montgomery and operated by Troy University. The fully-digital planetarium seats 159 comfortably under its fifty-foot Spitz dome.
Our Planetarium is an iconic fixture in historic Oak Park, home to 40 acres of gardens, a fishpond, playgrounds, and multiple walking trails. Situated in the center of the city, the Planetarium is just minutes away from a number of city attractions, historical landmarks, restaurants and the state’s premier shopping experience at the Shoppes at Eastchase. The theme of this year’s SEPA/WAC conference is “Eclipsed by No Other”. We will all certainly be inundated with inquiries from news affiliates and the general public regarding the Solar Eclipse of 2017, and this conference will prepare you to be the subject matter experts.
Our keynote speaker will be Fred Espenak, aka Mr. Eclipse. A retired NASA astrophysicist, author, photographer, and eclipse expert, his talks capture his passion and excitement about this topic and astronomy. We are so honored and excited that he has agreed to come to the SEPA/WAC conference and share those things with us. As is the norm with most SEPA/WAC conferences, you will be kept very busy. We will have a number of workshops, multiple papers, dome demonstrations, and much more.
Workshops will cover a variety of topics, including: the World Wide Telescope project, Preparing for the Eclipse, and Full-dome digital Photography tips, educational materials for your programs, and the fun of live shows.
We have a great field trip to the Wetumpka Meteor Crater planned as well. This field trip is less than an hour away, so it won’t be an all-day bus ride.
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Welcome to the new website of the Western Alliance Conference
A new website!
We have been working hard to create a new, modern website with tons of extra, easy to find, information. We have new ways to make affiliate payments, register for the WAC conference, etc. Plus some great brand new information that was not available before.
The Western Alliance Conference is the planetarium conference west of the Mississipi. We cover more than 20 states, and we feel we need a website that matches that statistic. And we're not done yet! Over the coming weeks and months, we will be adding content, and flesh out incomplete pages.
Great Western Observer: Summer 2017
News from
- Great Plains Planetarium Association
- Pacific Planetarium Association
- Rocky Mountain Planetarium Association
- South-Western Association of Planetariums