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Planetarium Schedule & Show Descriptions See the shows in Andrus Planetarium. |
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| The Summer Sky What to watch for in the fall night sky. |
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Science Sundays A program series that focuses on astronomy and environmental science. One Sunday of the month - 2:30 pm. FREE with Museum admission. |
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School’s Out, Stars Are In has been made possible by a grant from Con Edison. |
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School’s Out,
Stars Are In Creative activities and planetarium shows for students on school break. (December Holidays, Winter Break, and Spring Break, Museum open Mon - Fri, 12 - 5 pm). FREE with Museum admission. Students must be accompanied by a caregiver. |
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Allow 1 hour to see a star show. Tickets at Lobby Desk the day of the show. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. Please allow time to be seated;
there is no late seating.
Planetarium Show Descriptions
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The Summer Sky |
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What to watch for in the night sky. Mars is the planet in the solar system most like Earth. It has dust storms and river canyons, volcanoes, and caverns, sand dunes and even icecaps and morning frost. However, it’s months away by rocket, and it can’t sustain human life. Even robots, although they are built to survive the surface, first have to get there in one piece, and about half of all missions to Mars have failed between reaching the planet and landing on its surface. This summer yet another robotic explorer will attempt a landing — the car-sized, nuclear-powered, laser-wielding Mars Science Laboratory. Mars will be visible in the sky, low in the west at sunset. If you’d like to know the conditions under which this latest explorer will attempt to land, look for the color of Mars: yellow means dusty skies, umber means clear, pale orange may mean a frosty season. Compare Mars to the color of Antares in Scorpio. This “rival of Mars” (anti-Ares) can be like Mars in brightness and color, but how close in appearance will they be on the night you look? Tuesday, June 5
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The Sky Tonight |
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Planetarium Show Hour of the Champions
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A program series that focuses on astronomy and environmental science. Guests including astrophysicists, science writers, geologists, artists and illustrators present their latest research, their unique creations, and their perspectives in the grand adventure of understanding the universe. |
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A sound amplification system is
available in the Planetarium to connect
to a personal hearing aid or cochlear implant.
