UAA Planetarium events for Nov. 9-11, 2018

by Michelle Saport  |   

This weekend, the UAA Planetarium will host its fifth annual Carl Sagan Day, another Domecast from the Adler Planetarium and a new premiere!

Our Friday night is adding an extra show streaming in from Chicago, Ill. The Adler Planetarium will be taking over our dome at 4 p.m. for a free presentation, "The Cosmos in a Heatbeat," by Dr. Shane Larson. Afterward, we are premiering a new planetarium show, Seeing! A Photons Journey Through Space, Time and Mind, with a presentation by Dr. Timothy Hinterberger at 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. Then on Sunday, we have our fifth annual Carl Sagan Day. This is a free day of planetarium shows and hands-on activities from noon to 4 p.m. Bring the family!

Friday, Nov. 9

Dr. Shane Larson presents "The Cosmos in a Hearbeat" (streamed live from Adler Planetarium) on Friday, Nov. 9, 4 p.m. at the UAA Planetarium. Free and open to the public.The Cosmos in a Hearbeat, presented by Dr. Shane Larson (streamed live from Adler Planetarium) 4 p.m. | Free

A human lifetime is more than a hundred million times shorter than the current age of the universe. Whether you are a professional astronomer, or a casual backyard stargazer, you have only a few decades to drink it all in-to wonder how it works and how you got here. The cosmos is full of strange happenings that we sometimes are lucky enough to witness because we happened to be paying attention to the stories the universe is telling us. These tales are carried on bursts of light, showers of sub-atomic particles, and the faint whisperings of gravity, and every day that passes, we're getting better at deciphering them. In our lifetimes, we will only ever have a glimpse of the cosmos. But that glimpse is enough to transform our perceptions in dramatic ways and to answer the oldest questions we have about what the universe is doing all around us.

"Seeing! A Photon's Journey Across Space, Time and Mind" premieres at the UAA Planetarium on Friday, Nov. 9. UAA biology professor Dr. Timothy Hinterberger will present two showings, at 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. Tickets are on sale now at UAATix.com.Seeing! A Photon's Journey Across Space, Time and Mind, presented by Dr. Timothy Hinterberger 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. | Tickets on sale at UAATix.com

SEEING: A Photon's Journey Across Space, Time and Mind is a full-immersion planetarium program that uses hemispheric animations and video to teach how human vision works. Imagery from all over the world, including humanity, landscapes, skyscapes, wildlife and of space, are the backdrop for photo-realistic animations to create the story of a photon's journey from the belly of a star, across the galaxy, to a young stargazer's eye. The photon's journey is completed when its energy is converted into an electro-chemical impulse that then travels the neuro pathways of the brain and the various centers that create the image the mind sees.

Sunday, Nov. 11

UAA Planetarium hosts its fifth annual Carl Sagan Day on Sunday, Nov. 11, noon to 4 p.m.Fifth annual Carl Sagan Day Noon-4 p.m. | Free

The fifth annual Carl Sagan Day is a celebration of one of the most influence science educators of our time. This event will have free planetarium shows, hands-on activities, and information on our solar system exploration missions.

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