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Fall 2015 Shows Announced
Hatter Planetarium in 1966 |
The Hatter Planetarium opened in June of 1966, making this our 50th year of operation. We’ll plan some commemoration in the spring as we get close to the anniversary itself. In the meantime, visit us and enjoy a live talk in a vintage optical-mechanical planetarium while you still can!
In our fall schedule, we will be concentrating on our long-running “Sky this Month” series, which offer a monthly look at the current starry sky, upcoming astronomical events, and review and explanation of recent astronomy news.
In September that will mean a look back to the exciting encounter of New Horizons with Pluto and a look ahead to the locally visible total lunar eclipse on the night of Sept 27-28.
Here is our schedule of Fall shows. All are free and open to the public. You can also get the schedule as a PDF document and a google calendar file.
- Sunday, December 6, 4:00 PM
The Sky this Summer
The “Dumbbell Nebula,” a summer object. College obs photo. |
For academic purposes, the summer is almost upon us. In this last public show of the 2014-15 academic year, we will look ahead to the sights of the skies expected in summer 2015, as well as recent and upcoming astronomy news. The news will feature, naturally, the New Horizons probe and its July 2015 flyby of Pluto.
As always, these shows are free and open to the public. The Hatter Planetarium is located in Masters Hall, Room 115, on the Gettysburg College campus. Thanks to our wonderful, graduating student presenter, Annie Skrabak, who will be presenting the Sunday show.
The Sky this Summer
- Sunday, May 3, 4:00 PM
- Tuesday, May 5, 7:00 PM
The Sky this Month (April)
Gettysburg College PR |
Sunday, March 29, 4:00 PM
Tuesday, March 31, 7:00 PM
We’ll be looking at the skies of April, including a favorable year for the Lyrid meteor shower. Other topics will include the latest from the DAWN spacecraft at Ceres and a recap of last month’s solar eclipse, including a report from Our Man in Copenhagen.
The History of Astronomy at Gettysburg College ~a planetarium show~
Want to know where on campus this beauty used to stand? What was in an 1850s astronomy course? Or who taught it?
Come to the Hatter Planetarium (Masters 115) at 3:00 on Friday 3/20 (with refreshments) or 4:00 on Sunday (without). The show is free and open to the public and will last about 50 minutes.
7PM show tonight cancelled
OK, folks, the weather is not cooperating for our March skyshow. Due to the freezing mess that’s due to plow through the area around show time, we are cancelling tonight. We won’t let the show prep go to waste, however, so look for a blog post in this space on Thursday covering the material that would have been in the show. Stay safe and enjoy the evening.
And mark your calendars for “The History of Astronomy at Gettysburg College”:
Friday, March 20, 3:00 PM (refreshments served)
Sunday, March 22, 4:00 PM
SUNDAY 3/1 Show Cancelled
Sorry for any inconvenience, but looking at the NWS Winter Weather Advisory and the likelihood of a switch to freezing rain right around show time, I have decided to cancel today’s Sky this Month Show.
You can still hear about the sky in March and recent astronomy news at the Tuesday at 7:00 PM showing!
-IC
Local Views of Venus-Mars-Moon Conjunction on 2/20
March Sky-show almost Here
The Sky this Month
Sunday, March 1 at 4:00 PM
Tuesday, March 3 at 7:00 PM
We will be talking about astronomical spring, the dreaded clock switch, and the Dawn mission to asteroid Ceres – as well as the the stars and planets of the March skies.
Hatter Planetarium
Masters Hall, Gettysburg College
This astrominute is a radio play
Happy World Radio Day! This WZBT/Hatter Planetarium astrominute is a two-minute radio play. Enjoy! Thanks, Maria, Julia, and Annie.
http://public.gettysburg.edu/~iclarke/hatter/podcasts/astrominute021515.mp3