May 2026
A docent will point out night sky highlights and upcoming astronomical events. This is followed by a fulldome video presentation.
The Sun: Our Living Star is a fulldome planetarium show produced by European Southern Observatory. After a historical overview, the audience will see images from ground-based and space-based telescopes and…
A docent will point out night sky highlights and upcoming astronomical events. This is followed by a fulldome video presentation.
The Sun: Our Living Star is a fulldome planetarium show produced by European Southern Observatory. After a historical overview, the audience will see images from ground-based and space-based telescopes and…
A docent will point out night sky highlights and upcoming astronomical events. This is followed by a fulldome video presentation.
A docent will point out night sky highlights and upcoming astronomical events. This is followed by a fulldome video presentation.
Star Parties
Jewett Observatory is our direct window on the heavens. In spring, summer, and fall, we hold public star parties, where any interested person can come to view the cosmos through the historic 12-inch Clark.
Most public evenings feature a crescent moon, star clusters, nebulae, double stars, and other…
You might want to bring ear protection for this one. There is no sky tour in the first half of the show. Instead, we take actual planet imagery and fly through it, accompanied by loud music written between 1970 and 2020. It’s sort of like Fantasia, but with science instead…
You might want to bring ear protection for this one. There is no sky tour in the first half of the show. Instead, we take actual planet imagery and fly through it, accompanied by loud music written between 1970 and 2020. It’s sort of like Fantasia, but with science instead…