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Rainwater Observatory and Planetarium, announces the presentation of Jupiter: Giant of the Solar System at the Mississippi Planetarium. Learn more at Rainwaterobservatory.org. French Camp, MS (PRWEB) October 05, 2012 Rainwater Observatory and Planetarium (http://www.rainwaterobservatory.org) in French Camp, Mississippi will be offering a free public program called “Jupiter: Giant of the Solar System.” This presentation will be presented on Friday, November 9, 2012, starting at 7:00...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online The International Dark-Sky Association and Loch Ness Productions are giving attendees of the International Astronomical Union Congress in Beijing a sneak peak of a full dome video on light pollution called "Losing the Dark." The video showing at the Beijing Planetarium on August 29 is a public service announcement that will give onlookers important facts about light pollution. "Our team designed the show to emphasize some of the...
HARRISBURG, Pa., Aug. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The State Museum of Pennsylvania today announced its programming schedule for September: Sunday, Sept. 9 - Special Free Events for Harrisburg's Annual Gallery Walk Free admission day; State Museum open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Final Day: "Art of the State," the special annual exhibition presented by The Greater Harrisburg Arts Council and The State Museum of Pennsylvania. 2 p.m.: Artists Conversations, a Special Gallery...
OAKLAND, Calif., July 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Chabot Space & Science Center announces their exciting line-up of science fiction films that will screen in the Megadome Theater every Friday and Saturday night in July and August. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) launches the movie season in an end-of-Earth cliffhanger and humpback whales ... it's sci-fi cinematic thrills at its best. Join other Trekkies in reliving the adventures of Captain Kirk and the crew of the...
Venus Transit Last in Our Lifetimes OAKLAND, Calif., May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Astronomers and volunteers at Chabot Space & Science Center are preparing for two more major astronomical events that will be visible to residents in the Bay Area. On Monday, June 4, 2:00 am - 5:00 am. Chabot's Observatory Deck will be open in the middle of the night for the Lunar Eclipse. A lunar eclipse occurs when a full Moon passes behind the Earth, blocking the sun's rays....
Lee Rannals for RedOrbit.com Everything is bigger in Texas, but some things in the state just have to be the biggest. In the latest news, the state capital, Austin, will be earning itself the award of having the largest planetarium in Texas. The 157,000 square foot facility will be a world-class science and technology museum, fearing a full-spectrum interactive science museum, and a technology center. The Austin Planetarium will be built alongside with KUD International, a private...
OAKLAND, Calif., May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Astronomers and volunteers at Chabot Space & Science Center are preparing for expected crowds over the next couple of weeks when three major astronomical events take place, beginning this weekend. On the afternoon of Sunday, May 20, viewers on the West Coast will have a particularly clear view of the Annular Solar Eclipse. This is a rare sight in which the rim of the Sun becomes a brilliant ring completely encircling the...
CHICAGO, April 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On May 25, 2012, take a mind-blowing tour of the Universe like no other at the Adler Planetarium. Welcome to the Universe is the next adventure departing from the Grainger Sky Theater, the most technologically advanced theater in the world. In Welcome to the Universe, audiences travel a billion light-years and back flying through space, orbiting the Moon, zooming into a canyon on Mars, and soaring through the cosmic web where a...
LOS ANGELES, April 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- IMAX Corporation, (NYSE:IMAX; TSX:IMX) MacGillivray Freeman Films, and Warner Bros. Pictures today announced that the documentary adventure To The Arctic will debut exclusively in 50 select IMAX® theatres in North America, beginning Friday, April 20. Additional theatres will be added as the footprint expands domestically and internationally over the coming months. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111107/MM01969LOGO ) An...
CHICAGO, March 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Adler Planetarium President Paul H. Knappenberger Jr., Ph.D., announced today that he would step down at the end of 2012 after 21 years of service. Knappenberger, who joined the Adler in 1991, has led the Museum through two major long-range plans that have significantly strengthened the planetarium. The most recent was initiated during the Adler's 75th anniversary in 2005. In that year, the institution announced a strategic plan to...
