December Skyshow and Spring Schedule

I haven't posted here this fall, so perhaps an early New Year's resolution is in order.

Today and tomorrow we present our final shows of the fall semester. We'll be featuring some research news from the Gettysburg College Observatory as we'll as a total lunar eclipse viewable from our region in the early AM hours of Dec 21. It's the last favorable for eastern North America until 2015, so let's hope it's clear!

The Spring 2011 schedule is set and available at the planetarium (paper) and on the web site. In addition to the monthly skyshows, we'll be doing the New Year show again, and in April something new: a solar system scale model made by taking a 1,000-yard walk.

Clear Skies!

Schedule Change!

SORRY!
We inadvertently scheduled shows over the Easter Break.


The April 4 & 5 shows have been moved to
April 11 & 12.

See the schedule on our website.

Venus - Mercury Conjunction

Venus and Mercury will appear together in the evening sky in late March and early April. Look very low in the west about 20 minutes after sunset. It's a difficult sight, for which you'll need clear skies and an unobstructed western horizon. Mercury is a greatest elongation on April 8 and will rapidly descend toward the sunset afterward. Venus, by contrast, will be setting later and later over the next few months. Image created by Stellarium. Local horizon panorama shows the Gettysburg College Observatory outdoor platform.

Orion in a New Light

Press release from ESO highlighted in the March skyshow.

Bryce Comes Down from the Catwalk