Morehead Planetarium and Science Center

We Are Stars
2022-08-21 15:00 - 16:00, 2022-08-20 15:00 - 16:00, 2022-08-14 15:00 - 16:00, 2022-08-13 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | GSK Fulldome Theater

Solar System Odyssey
2022-08-21 13:30 - 14:30, 2022-08-14 13:30 - 14:30 | GSK Fulldome Theater

Carolina Skies
2022-08-20 16:30 - 17:30, 2022-08-14 16:30 - 17:30, 2022-08-13 16:30 - 17:30 | GSK Fulldome Theater

Dynamic Earth
2022-08-20 13:30 - 14:30, 2022-08-13 13:30 - 14:30 | GSK Fulldome Theater

Mysteries of Your Brain
2022-08-20 12:00 - 13:00 | GSK Fulldome Theater

Magic Tree House Space Mission
2022-08-20 10:30 - 11:30, 2022-08-13 10:30 - 11:30 | GSK Fulldome Theater

Morehead Member Event: Screening of The Hunt for Planet B
2022-08-19 18:30 - 21:00 | Morehead Planetarium and Science Center, 250 E Franklin St, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27516, United States
Morehead Members Event: Screening of The Hunt for Planet B

By now, you’ve probably seen breathtaking images from the James Webb Space Telescope released in July. We are thrilled to share with our members a screening of the documentary The Hunt for Planet B (dir. Nathaniel Khan). This beautiful and thought-provoking film explores the people involved with researching, designing, building, and launching the Webb Telescope, and dives into their personal connections to exploring the unknown. After the film, we will have a short presentation to take a look at images from the Webb Telescope!Film synopsis:The Hunt for Planet B captures the human drama behind NASA’s high-stakes Webb Telescope, the most ambitious space observatory ever built. The film interweaves the creation of this massive machine with the story of a pioneering group of female scientists on a quest to find life beyond our solar system. What begins as a real-time scientific adventure turns into a deep meditation on our place in the universe. On the brink of seeing farther out than ever before, we find ourselves looking back at our own imperiled planet with new eyes.Film runtime: 1 hour 33 minutesBest for: Ages 12 and upThis is a members-only event. Click here to learn more about membership.

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From Earth to the Universe
2022-08-19 15:00 - 16:00, 2022-08-18 15:00 - 16:00, 2022-08-17 15:00 - 16:00, 2022-08-12 15:00 - 16:00 | GSK Fulldome Theater

Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Tsunamis
2022-08-19 13:30 - 14:30, 2022-08-18 13:30 - 14:30, 2022-08-17 13:30 - 14:30 | GSK Fulldome Theater

Astronaut
2022-08-19 12:00 - 13:00, 2022-08-18 12:00 - 13:00, 2022-08-17 12:00 - 13:00 | GSK Fulldome Theater

Earth, Moon and Sun
2022-08-19 10:30 - 11:30, 2022-08-18 10:30 - 11:30, 2022-08-17 10:30 - 11:30 | GSK Fulldome Theater

Take Flight
2022-08-13 12:00 - 13:00 | GSK Fulldome Theater

Skywatching: Perseid Meteor Shower at Dix Park
2022-08-12 21:00 - 23:00 | Dix Park, 1010 Blair Drive, Raleigh, NC, 27603, United States
Join staff and volunteers from the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center and Raleigh Astronomy Club to view the Perseid Meteor Shower at Dix Park.

To set the stargazing mood, the Triangle Sax Ensemble will be playing some tunes! Look through telescopes, facilitated by Morehead staff and dedicated volunteers, at the eclipse and other objects in the sky! Bring a blanket or chairs so you can relax under the stars.

This is an informal session, so you can arrive and leave any time during the program. However, if you plan to attend, please register so that we can send you any additional information you may need as we get closer to the date.

Please leave all pets at home, even those on a leash. Darkness, lots of people, expensive telescopes and pets on leashes is a bad combination. Pets will not be permitted near the telescopes.

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Registration: This event is free and no ticket required. Registration helps us plan for attendance and we can update registered participants of inclement weather changes.
