View the various Galaxies with the San Juan College Planetarium.
Our September presentation at the Planetarium will be “Galaxies,” a 25-minute fulldome planetarium show produced by the Casper Planetarium! Come explore these mysterious, distant celestial bodies in deep space, how they are similar to our own Milky Way galaxy, and how they differ! The full dome presentation will be followed by a live guided tour of the sky, using the Planetarium’s Digitarium Zeta star projector. We will also give out fall sky maps while supplies last! The show times are at 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. This is a free event with limited seating, so seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis. There is no late admittance into the planetarium once the show has started!
If weather permits, we will offer a free public stargaze with telescopes at 8:30 p.m. in the courtyard behind the planetarium after the last show. The stargaze will last a maximum of one hour. Since the waning gibbous Moon will be below the horizon and evening planets will be too low to see well, we will focus on deep-sky objects to view, as well as binary stars! We should have a good view of the colorful gold-and-blue double star, Albireo, and may also see galaxies like Bode’s Galaxy (M81) and the Cigar Galaxy (M82), including the Pinwheel Galaxy (M101) in Ursa Major! Also potentially visible are such deep-sky objects as the Ring Nebula in Lyra, the globular cluster M13 in Hercules, the Wild Duck Cluster in Aquila, and the “Dumbbell Nebula” M27 in Cygnus. We hope you’ll be able to join us for some marvelous celestial viewing!
Location:
Viewing will occur in the Connie Gotsch Memorial Courtyard between the Planetarium and Connie Gotsch Theatre.
Time:
The viewing will begin at 11 a.m. and continue until the end of the eclipse. Safe telescopic viewing will be set up in the courtyard for live viewing and projection onto a shielded screen.
Admission:
The event is free of charge, and the public is invited to attend in person or view it remotely on a shared Zoom screen at https://sanjuancollege-edu.zoom.us/j/99815409798
Meeting ID: 998 1540 9798
When signing on to Zoom, please use your full name, not a nickname or username. A passcode will not be needed, and participants will enter a waiting room and be allowed in.
More Information Contact
Further information about Planetarium presentations is available on the SJC Planetarium Facebook page.
The planetarium reserves the right to substitute shows. It is also possible (though not probable) for there to be a change in a show's date due to unforeseen circumstances.