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Dani Weigand

Museum Day at Clark Planetarium

Celebrate Utah Museum Day Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010!
Clark Planetarium will be offering $1 tickets to all educational shows in the Hansen Dome Theatre from 12:30  - 6:45 p.m.
Discount tickets will be available for purchase at the ticket window the day of the event. Schedule is as follows:
Attack of the Space Pirates – 12:30, 2:30, 4:30 [...]

Dani Weigand

Light up The Dark Side of the Moon gala

We’re going to light up The Dark Side of the Moon! Clark Planetarium’s 2010 gala fundraising event is reaching back to the 1970s for a groovy evening with delicious fine dining, silent and live auctions and Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon Cosmic Light Show. Proceeds from this event benefit planetarium education programs serving [...]

Dani Weigand

Countdown to Racing to the Stars

As the weekend draws near, Clark Planetarium staff and volunteers are in the final stages of planning the Racing to the Stars fundraising event at Miller Motorsports Park this Saturday, June 19, 2010.
And we’re very excited. This event is the first of it’s kind for Clark Planetarium. Not only are we heading to an offsite [...]

Dani Weigand

Racing to the Stars fundraising event

Clark Planetarium and Miller Motorsports Park have teamed up to present “Racing to the Stars,” a benefit event to support space and science education programs for Clark Planetarium.
On Saturday, June 19, 2010 the event kicks off at Miller Motorsports Park with family-friendly race activities, dinner, a model rocket demonstration by Utah Rocket [...]

Dani Weigand

Take off with Racing to the Stars

Clark Planetarium and Miller Motorsports Park have teamed up to present “Racing to the Stars,” a benefit event to support space and science education programs for Clark Planetarium.
On Saturday, June 19, 2010 the event kicks off at Miller Motorsports Park with family-friendly race activities, dinner, a model rocket demonstration by Utah Rocket Club and a [...]

Mike Sheehan

New Hexbug models and BuckyBalls are now at Planet Fun

We’ve got some great new products at Planet Fun Clark Planetarium Store. Check out our reviews below, then come by to demo these toys in person.  Remember, we can ship it to you if you can’t come to us!

Seth Jarvis

Cosmic Quiz: Supermassive Black Holes

This week’s Cosmic Quiz winner is Carina Wytiaz, who asked,
I’ve heard that all galaxies have a black hole at the center. Does our galaxy have a black hole?
You heard correctly, Carina.  Astronomers have found evidence that all galaxies in the universe, including our own Milky Way galaxy, have Supermassive Black Holes at their centers.
A [...]

Seth Jarvis

Finding Andromeda

Dave Goulding’s Most Excellent Cosmic Quiz Question:

I’ve learned that the Andromeda galaxy is the only galaxy you can see without a telescope. Where do we look in the sky to see it?

Dani Weigand

We want your feedback on the TRAX route change

Recent changes by UTA to the Sandy TRAX line have us wondering what you think about the change.
On August 23, UTA discontinued the TRAX Sandy Line service to the Planetarium Station at the intersection of 100 South and 400 West.

DEBUNKING the Great Mars Hoax (again)

It’s August and we’ve been getting calls at Clark Planetarium from people wondering if Mars will appear as large as the Full Moon this month.
So goes our yearly battle with the Great Mars Hoax that started in 2003. Each year, several emails make their rounds, promising that Mars will amaze and delight, appearing as large as [...]

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