Join the San Juan College Planetarium's May AstroFriday presentation of Solar Quest followed by a stargaze.
The Planetarium's May AstroFriday presentation is Solar Quest.
This 12-minute fulldome video provides an overview of the Sun-Earth environment. Detailed high-quality animations and videos demonstrate various solar phenomena such as fusion, light energy and solar surface features. Also discussed are the impacts that space weather may have on Earth and how the Earth’s atmosphere and magnetic field protects all life on Earth. The show also highlights the role of the Solar Dynamic Observatory (SDO) and how scientists have begun to use it as a way to help identify and predict severe space weather.
Following each presentation there will be a short sky show, using the Planetarium’s star projector to depict the night sky of early May. Spring sky maps will be available for free while supplies last.
Showtimes
- 7:30 p.m.
- 8:30 p.m.
Admission
- FREE
- Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis—maximum seating capacity of 60 in the planetarium.
- In order to preserve dark-adaption, there is no late admittance into the planetarium once the show has started!
Public Stargaze
If weather permits, we will offer a free public stargaze with telescopes at 9:30 p.m. in the courtyard behind the planetarium after the last show. There is no capacity limit for the stargaze, which will last a maximum of one hour.
View the “double-double” stars Alcor and Mizar and our binary North Star, Polaris. If weather conditions are particularly favorable, participants may see deep-sky objects such as the Beehive Cluster in Cancer, the Coma Berenices Star Cluster, the globular cluster M13 in Hercules, the Sombrero Galaxy in Virgo and the galactic pair, M81 and M82 in Ursa Major.
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.