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June 24, 2015Summer Planetarium Schedule @ miSci
NEW Immersive Shows Every Hour, Every Day, All Summer Beginning June 24
miSci, the Museum of Innovation and Science, will offer a new planetarium show schedule beginning June 24 with shows every hour, every day, all summer including Earth’s Wild Ride, a great companion to the science center’s new exhibit EARTH EXPOSED: Discover Our Planet’s Hidden Secrets from San Francisco’s Exploratorium. Shows powered by a newly installed projector providing an immersive experience in the recently renovated planetarium’s theater-like setting.
miSci is offering the following planetarium show schedule every day this summer beginning June 24 (please note that shows begin at 1:00 p.m. on Sundays); all shows include a look at the current night sky and the latest astronomy news.
- 10:00 a.m. Little Wonders Star Show
Discover the wonders of the night sky at an introductory planetarium show designed especially for our youngest audiences.
- 11:00 a.m. We Choose Space
Take a trip to the International Space Station and help explore our universe! Discover real adventures for everyone who dreams of space and wonder about human spaceflight.
- 12:00 pm: Earth’s Wild Ride
Explore the Earth as you’ve never done before! Discover crashing asteroids, erupting volcanoes, roaring dinosaurs, electrifying lightning and booming thunder. See eclipses, the ice age, and more on a roller-coaster-like ride through canyons of raging rivers and hot flowing lava.
- 1:00 pm: Little Wonders Star Show
- 2:00 pm: We Choose Space
- 3:00 pm: Night of the Swan Celebrate summer and explore Cygnus, the swan, a constellation visible in the summer night sky at this fun and informative live exploration of the planets, stars and constellations in the summer night sky.
- 4:00 pm: Earth’s Wild Ride
Planetarium shows are powered by a recently installed high definition, full-dome, computerized projector alongside the planetarium’s existing GOTO Chronos Star Machine, a state-of-the-art teaching tool, which allows visitors to see 8,500 stars, close to the actual number of visible stars in the night sky. The GOTO Chronos can show the sky from any location on Earth and any place in the solar system; simulate the roll, pitch and yaw that astronauts experience on a space flight; and show the sky, for any point, 99,999 years in the past or the future.
The Planetarium at miSci is powered by the new projector and the GOTO Chronos Star Machine, a state-of-the-art teaching tool, which allows visitors to see 8,500 stars, close to the actual number of visible stars in the night sky. The GOTO Chronos can show the sky from any location on Earth and any place in the solar system; simulate the roll, pitch and yaw that astronauts experience on a space flight; and show the sky, for any point, 99,999 years in the past or the future.
An official NASA Space Place since 2005, the Planetarium at miSci welcomes thousands and thousands of visitors annually. In addition to offering a full schedule of public planetarium shows, miSci also offers planetarium specially designed shows for every grade level from pre-kindergarten through college for visiting school, scout and community groups. The Planetarium is a popular spot during miSci’s quarterly after hours special evening events and is also available for private rentals, during which it has been used as the setting or wedding proposals and anniversary celebrations.
miSci is open 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday to Saturday and 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm Sunday and is located at 15 Nott Terrace Heights in Schenectady. miSci is closed Easter Sunday, April 5. Admission to miSci is $6.50 for children (3 – 12), $8 for seniors (65+), and $9.50 for adults; add $5 for a Planetarium Show. For more information, please call 518.382.7890 or visit www.miSci.org.
Founded in 1934, miSci is the only science center in Tech Valley offering a multimedia experience for visitors of all ages and serves school children from northeastern New York, western Massachusetts, and southern Vermont. miSci houses the Challenger Learning Center of the Capital Region, a state-of the-art STEM teaching tool which offers simulated space missions to school classes, community groups, work teams, scout troops, birthday celebrations, camp-ins, private parties and team building events. In 2012, miSci entered into a partnership program with the San Francisco-based Exploratorium’s ExNET (Exploratorium Network for Exhibit-Based Teaching) program, miSci receives a different group of hands-on, exploratory-rich exhibits each year for five years, as well as access to the Exploratorium resources to advance each partner’s work in specific areas such as education, inquiry, science engagement, and exhibit development. The Suits-Bueche Planetarium at miSci houses the only GOTO Star Projector in the northeast and is an official NASA Space Place. miSci’s Archives include an extensive GE Photograph collection, with more than 1.6 million prints and negatives; an archival collection with more than 3,500 cubic feet of historic materials; and more than 15,000 objects relating to the history of science and technology. miSci’s Archives houses an 1878 Edison tinfoil, the second oldest documented Edison tinfoil recording, the oldest playable American voice. miSci offers Science Zone, with weekly hands-on activities and challenges; Saturday Science Zone activities are sponsored by National Grid. For more information, visit www.misci.org.
