Show Schedule

 

October Shows

Show Date Show TIme Fulldome Show Presenter After-Show Presentation
October 11 6:30 PM Supermassive Black Holes: Uncovering the Invisible Erin Hicks Galaxy Evolution: Updates from Webb Space Telescope
October 11 8:00 PM Exploding Universe Erin Hicks Explosions Across Many Scales: Forging the Building Blocks of Planets
October 18 6:30 PM Habitat Earth Sera Shaughnessy The Northern Autumn Sky
October 18 8:00 PM Habitat Earth Sera Shaughnessy The Northern Autumn Sky
October 25 6:30 PM Chasing the Ghost Particle Katherine Rawlins Latest discoveries from the IceCube Observatory
October 25 8:00 PM Phantom of the Universe Katherine Rawlins So, have we found the Dark Matter yet?
October 26 3:00 PM Kids Show - Magic Treehouse Sera Shaughnessy Kids Matinee
October 26 4:30 PM Kids Show - Magic Treehouse Sera Shaughnessy Kids Matinee

November Shows

Show Date Show TIme Fulldome Show Presenter After-Show Presentation
November 8 6:30 PM Fractals Rock! Samuel Cook & Stefanos Folias Fractals Rock!
November 8 8:00 PM Fractals Rock! Samuel Cook & Stefanos Folias Fractals Rock!
November 15 6:30 PM Origins of Life Brandon Briggs How did life change Earth?
November 15 8:00 PM Undiscovered Worlds Brandon Briggs What Life on Earth tells us about potential life elsewhere
November 22 6:30 PM Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity Sera Shaughnessy The Northern Autumn Sky
November 22 8:00 PM Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity Sera Shaughnessy The Northern Autumn Sky
November 23 3:00 PM Kids Show - Earth Moon Sun Sera Shaughnessy Kids Matinee
November 23 4:30 PM Kids Show - Earth Moon Sun Sera Shaughnessy Kids Matinee

December Shows

Show Date Show TIme Fulldome Show Presenter After-Show Presentation
December 13 6:30 PM Live Show Rachael Hannah Neurotour
December 13 8:00 PM Live Show Rachael Hannah Neurotour
December 14 3:00 PM Kids Show - Magic Treehouse Sera Shaughnessy Kids Matinee
December 14 4:30 PM Kids Show - Magic Treehouse Sera Shaughnessy Kids Matinee
December 20 6:30 PM Asteroid: Mission Extreme Sera Shaughnessy The Northern Autumn Sky
December 20 8:00 PM Asteroid: Mission Extreme Sera Shaughnessy The Northern Autumn Sky

Follow us on Facebook to get updates on these events. Please note that this schedule may need to change.  If the demand is high, we will work to offer additional shows.  

Online Ticket Prices:
  • $10 for Adults
  • $ 5 for UAA Students (w/ valid ID)
  • $ 5 for Youth (12 and under)

Tickets sold in advance at UAATix.com.

We have shows every week, except the first Friday. Our schedule continues into the summer with at least 2 show nights a month. Our 60 minute shows usually highlights one of our immersive, fulldome films followed by a presentation from one of our community's expert scientists, plus time for questions from the audience at the end of every show. We also have our all-live planetarium shows which feature the immense Planetarium database where one of our Astronomers will fly you through the Scales of the Universe, Stars of the Alaskan Sky, or show you our Tilted Solstice.

Seats can be purchased until the show begins and doors open 15 minutes before the show. Because the theater is dark and can be scary for young children, we do not recommend bringing children under the age of 4. Some shows have bright lights and moving scenery which could cause motion sickness or seizures. There are routes out of the planetarium if you start to feel any ill effects.

Seats may typically be reserved online until 15 minutes before the start of the show, being purchased online with a credit card. All remaining tickets will be sold at the door on a first-come, first-served basis on the night of the show. Even if a show is sold out, we typically have a few seats available on the night of the show.  The planetarium will open for seating 15 minutes before each show.  You must be in the theater 10 minutes before the show starts.  Unclaimed reserve seats will be released after this time to stand-by customers.  There is no entry after the show begins.

For questions about the planetarium, our shows, or how to make reservations on UAATix.com, please contact the planetarium staff via email at planetarium@alaska.edu or by phone at (907) 786-1838.  Should you require to cancel your public show reservations, please let us know!  

Can't make it on Friday nights? Don't like sitting next to strangers in a dark room? You and up to 63 friends can book the planetarium for a private show! Our private shows are available all year long and can be tailored to your request. We have discounted rates for school and youth groups as well. For pricing and availability email us at planetarium@alaska.edu.