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The Golden Pond Planetarium
Night skies in LBL are a special place where the
stars seem so much brighter and easier to see.
During the day, we offer visitors an opportunity to
learn more about the weather, the planets of our solar system, and the
skies tonight in your own back yard.
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.
Blown Away:
The Wild World of Weather
Search for Life in the Universe (Hear Star Trek's Mr.
Spock as he explains)
Ring World (See Cassini-Huygens spacecraft "fly" across our 40-foot dome)
Kentucky Skies (Your skies tonight are shown today..
get ready!)
Also special Summer Nights
Planetarium Shows and Stargazing Events
each Friday and Saturday night in June thru August
Ring World
Kentucky Skies
 
Click here to go to the Journal
Gaze into the skies with the help of the
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 |
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Special Christmas
Season Show i |
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.
Take me back to the Friends of LBL Homepage
Homeplace website
Woodlands Nature Station website |
