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Free Public Planetarium Show
Bellevue College will be offering free public planetarium shows in its Willard Geer planetarium on the evening of Friday, September 25th, at 7:00 and 8:30PM. Each show will consist of two professionally produced planetarium shows, "Stars" and "Black Holes", as well as a live segment introducing the audience to that night's sky, and will last an hour and twenty minutes.
The show "Stars" covers the constellations and uses animated characters to explain how people came to understand about the stars. The "Black Holes" show includes animations of the formation of the early universe, star birth and death, the collision of giant galaxies, and a simulated flight to a super-massive black hole lurking at the center of our own Milky Way Galaxy. The skies visible above Bellevue will also be discussed by the show-giver who will point out the brightest stars and constellations so audience members can go home and stargaze from their own backyards.
The Planetarium, is a special domed-ceiling room (room B-244) where the nighttime sky is accurately reproduced. These shows are not recommended for kids under the age of eight. (The darkness of the room and the subject and length of the shows has proven to a problem for kids younger than that.) Because the room is dark during the show, there is no late admission. Parking is free in the parking garage after 3:00pm. A map can be found at http://www.bellevuecollege.edu/location/maps/parking/ Admission is free but reservations must be made in advance. Reservations can be made starting at noon on Friday, September 18. Reservations can be made through brown paper tickets. For more information call the BC Science Division at 425-564-2321.
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LocationGeer Planetarium at Bellevue College (View)
3000 Landerholm Cir. SE, Room B244
Bellevue, WA 98007
United States
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Owner: Art Goss |
On BPT Since: Oct 06, 2008 |
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Arthur Goss |
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