The Golden Pond Planetarium

Come visit us and become involved with the a study of the beauty of the heavens.  The stars, comets, and planets of our solar system as well as their history and the names of the constellations add greatly to our understanding of the local night skies.   Participate in our various programs that share the beauty and awe derived from the night skies and mankind's pursuit of knowledge.  Learn more about the earth sciences that effect our every day life and work.

2006 Blown Away:  The Wild World of Weather

Created by The New Detroit Science Center and the Dassault Systemes Planetarium

Created by The New Detroit Science Center and the Dassault Systemes Planetarium

Blown Away: The Wild World of Weather features a journey into space to explore the Sun’s effect on weather conditions and on-screen appearances by news meteorologists to further uncover the science of our planet’s climate.

Teachers can access a Resource Kit to assist with their teaching this important earth science lesson.  It will assist you in preparing your class to fully benefit from their visit to the Golden Pond Planetarium.  There are pre-visit activities that your students will enjoy and from which they will learn important lessons. 

The following teaching objectives will be achieved as a result of your children's viewing this program at the GP Planetarium:
 

1. Identify the steps in the water cycle;

2. Identify the types of clouds;

3. Explain the reason for the seasons, and how it impacts our weather; 

4. Understand safety rules to protect themselves from dangerous weather;

5. Understand how weather satellites and ground-based radar help track dangerous weather;

2006 Stars to Starfish

Travel to a coral reef teeming with mysterious exotic life. Learn about the exploration of the ocean floor on Earth. See the brilliant hues of rich colors in fish, coral, and plants found in the salty oceans. Explore the Tidal Zone, the Zone of Light, and the Zone of Perpetual Darkness. The Teacher Guide includes vocabulary words and class activities for this thirty minute program.


     2006 Ring World (See Saturn and the flight of the spacecraft to get there)

    2006 Kentucky Skies (Your skies tonight are shown today.. get ready!)

Also special Summer Nights Planetarium Shows and Stargazing Events

Visit our clear sky viewing guide to learn when you will get the clearest views of the night skies in in the vicinity of LBL.  Visit our charts here.

                

         
                                                                                                                                Graphic courtesy of NASA

The Perseid Meteor Showers peak in the skies during mid August when tiny bits and pieces of the Comet Swift-Tuttle "shower" Earth’s skies.  The graphic is provided to share relative position in the skies for you to look to see this meteor shower.  They are named this because of the pulsing lights that seem to issue forth from the constellation Perseus.  Be sure to take advantage of clear night skies and watch this marvelous nighttime sky show. 

        Click here to learn more about Meteor Showers in the skies 

        Click here to go to the Journal

Gaze into the skies with the help of the

View the 2006 meeting schedule for the West Kentucky Amateur Astronomers at the GPVC Planetarium!

Did you know..?

The 40-foot (12.2m) diameter dome in the Golden Pond Planetarium weighs approximately 3,000 lbs, and if you lined up all of the perforations in one row, with no spaces in between, they would extend 33.40 miles.  There are approximately 20,348,928 perforations in the hemisphere, and you could fit 249,945,112 plain M&Ms inside of the dome.

There is plenty of room for your and for your family to see and hear the excitement shared by our interpreters and the exciting programs offered at the Golden Pond Planetarium.

View the current calendar of events by looking here. 

Educators will want to go to our Educator Resource Page for items which can be of assistance in development classes and illustrating teaching objectives about the heavens and those who travel there by spacecraft.

 

Special Summer Nights Programs on Saturday night only June thru August

Special Christmas Season Show in December only

Visit us here on LBL.

To get directions from your home to the Planetarium, use this website.

Contact the Customer Service Department (270) 924-2020 for group scheduling.

During the year see different program every day of the week.  Always something to stimulate the young and not so young.  Visit www.LBL.org to find particular program schedules or prices.

Gain new insight regarding the heavens by visiting our Celestial Sites Listing.

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Land Between The Lakes Association
345 Maintenance Road
Golden Pond, Kentucky 42211
Phone:  (800) 455-5897

Email: information@friendsoflbl.org