Planetarium 2018-19

Marietta College is hosting a free community planetarium showing of "The Cowboy Astronomer" at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, June 30th, at the Anderson Hancock Planetarium.

Please join the College for a showing of "The Hot and Energetic Universe," at 7:00 p.m., Thursday, May 16th, in the Anderson Hancock Planetarium. Along with this show, which has not yet been viewed as part of a public program, there will also be a live star talk about what is happening in the spring sky.

If you have never visited the Anderson Hancock Planetarium, this event is for you. This semester's Astronomy 106 class is putting on a planetarium show consisting of a student-given star talk followed by a viewing of the full-dome program "Seven Wonders," at 7:15 p.m., Thursday, April 11th.

Please join the College for a showing of "From Earth to the Universe," at 7:00 p.m., Thursday, April 25th in the Anderson Hancock Planetarium. Along with this show, which has not yet been viewed as part of a public program, there will also be a live star talk about what is happening in the spring sky.

Please join the College for a showing of the full-dome program "Galileo: The Power of the Telescope," created by the Milwaukee Public Museum, at 7:00 p.m., Thursday, February 28th in the Anderson Hancock Planetarium. This program will begin with a look at the stars and planets visible in the current night sky.

Please join us for “Europe to the Stars”, a new planetarium show from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) that tells the story of ESO’s exploration of the southern sky, at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 27th.

Prepare for the holiday season once again at Marietta College's Anderson Hancock Planetarium with the full-dome show "Season of Light," from 2:00-3:15 p.m., Sunday, December 9th. "Season of Light" traces the history and development of numerous holiday traditions, including the Yule log, mistletoe, and the Christmas tree.

Prepare for the holiday season once again at Marietta College's Anderson Hancock Planetarium with the full-dome show "Season of Light," from 3:30-4:45 p.m., Sunday, December 9th. "Season of Light" traces the history and development of numerous holiday traditions, including the Yule log, mistletoe, and the Christmas tree.

Prepare for the holiday season once again at Marietta College's Anderson Hancock Planetarium with the full-dome show "Season of Light," from 7:00-8:15 p.m., Thursday, December 13th. "Season of Light" traces the history and development of numerous holiday traditions, including the Yule log, mistletoe, and the Christmas tree.

The Fall Semester portion of the 2018-19 Physics Colloquium at Marietta College closes with the planetarium show “Season of Light,” at noon, Friday, November 30th, in the Anderson Hancock Planetarium.