Astronomy for Adults - A Short History of Planetariums Including Ours
*The event has already taken place on this date: Wed, 05/02/2018
Astronomy for Adults participants learn to be experts on the sky. Each program lasts about an hour, divided between a rich audio-visual presentation and a tour of current stars, planets, and constellations using the Planetarium's giant star projector. Regular presenters are Steve Fentress, director, Strasenburgh Planetarium, RMSC and Paul Krupinski, planetarium show presenter and proprietor of the Buffalo-based Mobile Dome Planetarium. Sessions blend science, the arts and history for an intellectually stimulating experience. The classes take place on select Wednesdays at 2 p.m.
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May 2 at 2pm – A Short History of Planetariums Including Ours
Invented as an exhibit for a German science museum in the 1920s, the projection planetarium caught on worldwide, eventually becoming a new kind of science theater. Follow the story, from the early German machines through can-do innovations in postwar Japan and America, to the Strasenburgh gift to Rochester in the Space Age, and the digital possibilities of today and tomorrow.
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Location:
RMSC Strasenburgh Planetarium657 East Ave
Rochester, NY, 14607United States
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Phone:
585.697.194Contact name:
Steve Fentress
Email address:
The event has already taken place on this date:
05/02/2018
Time:
2 pm
Price:
$7 Adults, $6 Seniors 62+ or group members, $5 RMSC Members
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