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Planetarium Community Nights
Each month, we invite the community to our FREE Planetarium Community Nights at the John Carl Pogue Planetarium at South Grand Prairie High School. One presentation will be in English and the other in Spanish and will begin promptly at 6:00. Our plan is to view a short program before our main feature each time so that folks who are a bit delayed won’t miss out.
Planetarium Community Nights
Mexican Archeoastronomy - March 2025
March 3, 6-7pm (English) - Mexican Archeoastronomy
- Mexican Archeoastronomy. This feature illustrates the important role played by astronomical observation for the evolution of pre-Hispanic cultures in central Mexico. They used the calendrical and astronomical knowledge inherited by their predecessor cultures to found the capital of their empire: Tenochtitlan. Vibrant colors, shapes and sounds transport the viewer to one of the mo st important cultures in Mesoamerica.
- https://www.eventbrite.com/e/march-planetarium-community-night-tickets-989021890097
March 5, 6-7pm (Spanish) - Arqueoastronomía mexicana
- Este programa ilustra el importante papel que desempeñó la observación astronómica en la evolución de las culturas prehispánicas del centro de México. Ellos utilizaron los conocimientos calendáricos y astronómicos heredados de sus culturas predecesoras para fundar la capital de su imperio: Tenochtitlan. Los colores vibrantes, formas y sonidos transportan al espectador a una de las culturas más importantes de Mesoamérica.
- https://www.eventbrite.com/e/march-hispanic-planetarium-night-tickets-989023805827
Beyond the Sun - April 2025
April 7, 6-7pm (English) - Beyond the Sun
- While Celeste is fighting off sleep in her room by reading a book on astronomy she receives an unexpected visit from Moon. Together, they will enjoy a journey through the Universe to discover what exoplanets are and how they can be detected.
- https://www.eventbrite.com/e/april-planetarium-community-night-tickets-989027697467
April 9, 6-7pm (Spanish) - Más allá del Sol
- Mientras Celeste lucha contra el sueño en su habitación leyendo un libro de astronomía, ella recibe una visita inesperada de Luna. Juntas disfrutarán de un viaje por el Universo para descubrir qué son los exoplanetas y cómo pueden detectarse.
- https://www.eventbrite.com/e/april-hispanic-planetarium-night-tickets-989076302847
The Hot and Energetic Universe - May 2025
May 5, 6-7pm (English) - The Hot and Energetic Universe
- The Hot and Energetic Universe - The planetarium documentary The Hot and Energetic Universe presents with the use of immersive visualizations and real images the achievements of the modern astronomy, the most advanced terrestrial and orbital observatories, the basic principles electromagnetic radiation and the natural phenomena related to the High Energy Astrophysics.
- https://www.eventbrite.com/e/may-planetarium-community-night-tickets-989111869227
May 7, 6-7pm (Spanish) - El Universo Caliente y Energético
- El documental planetario El Universo Caliente y Energético presenta a través de visualizaciones inmersivas e imágenes reales los logros de la astronomía moderna, los observatorios terrestres y orbitales más avanzados, los principios básicos de la radiación electromagnética y los fenómenos naturales relacionados con la Astrofísica de Altas Energías.
- https://www.eventbrite.com/e/may-hispanic-planetarium-night-tickets-989091418057