Seeing in the Dark

   Join us for an evening of summer astronomy on Thursday July 10th. The KCMSD Planetarium will be open to the public from 6 to 11 p.m. with hands-on activities, telescope viewing of the Sun, Moon, Mars, Saturn, possibly Jupiter and Venus, and Planetarium programs.
   Watch the award winning documentary about astronomy, 'Seeing in the Dark', and learn about the summer skies under the always clear skies of the Planetarium dome.

                                  Schedule of Events

6 - 11 p.m. Telescope Viewing 6 - 9 p.m. Hands-On Activities 7 - 8 p.m. Seeing in the Dark 8:30 - 9:15 p.m. Planetarium presentation: The Summer Skies Click here to visit the Seeing in the Dark web site for additional activities, and an opportunity to request your own astrophoto from the Seeing in the Dark Internet telescope. Click here to watch a 3-minute trailer about the documentary. But first wait until this 40-second trailer is finished! Click here to view a 360 degree Quicktime VR image of July 10th at 10:00 p.m. CDT. Use the Left Mouse Button to pan in all directions around the image. The Shift Key zooms in; the Control (CTRL) Key zooms out. When you are finished use the Back Arrow to return to this page.