March 26 – May 30 Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 4:00 PM Run Time: 35 minutes Appropriate for ages 8 and up Admission: $2.50 per person
One of the most often questions asked about astronomy is “how do we know?” Unlike physics and chemistry, which allow for direct, hands-on experimentation, astronomy is a science that must be done remotely. The other challenge is that processes in space typically play out over time periods far longer than a human lifetime.
March 14-16
7:00 PM – Laseretro
8:00 PM – Pink Floyd’s The Wall
March 19-21
4:00 PM – iPop
March 21-23
7:00 PM – Laseropolis
8:00 PM – Laser X
Shows are approximately 45 minutes.
Admission: $6.00 per person, per show.
January 2 – March 9, 2013
Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday @ 4:00 PM – Dinosaur Passage to Pangaea
Saturday @ 7:00 PM – A Part of the Sky Called Orion
Saturday @ 8:00 PM – Amazing Astronomers of Antiquity
January 5 – March 9, 2013
Saturday
8:00 PM
Run Time: 20 minutes
Appropriate for ages 8 and up
Admission: $2.50 per person
Easy Targets for New Telescopes
by Rod Kennedy
Happy New Year fellow sky watchers! Obviously the world didn’t end on December 21st so now we can turn our attention back to the skies for learning and appreciating. Observers who received telescopes as holiday gifts are likely anxious to take them out and see what they can do. If you can tolerate the winter temperatures and winds January offers some targets that are easy to find and wonderful to look at.
Easy to Spot Objects for New Telescopes
by Rod Kennedy
Many people consider giving telescopes as gifts around the holidays, particularly to students. Then they have second thoughts, “I don’t know what we would look at.” The wide expanse of open sky can be intimidating. Finding interesting things to look at is not as easy as pointing the telescope to a particular place and just seeing what is there. Fortunately December offers several good targets for new telescopes that are fairly easy to find and bright enough to see.
November 13 – December 29
We will be closed November 21-24 and December 24-25.
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday @ 4:00 PM
Earth, Moon, and Sun
Saturday @ 7:00 PM
The Case of the Disappearing Planet
Saturday @ 7:00 PM
Season of Light
December 26, 27, and 28 @ 11:00 AM
Dinosaur Passage to Pangea
