Sac State Planetarium

A world-class planetarium, right in the heart of Sacramento. Host to K-12 field trips, Sac State astronomy courses, and monthly public shows.

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This image of galaxy cluster Abell 370 by Hubble shows a fascinating effect of dark matter: gravitational lensing! Come see Dark Matter Mystery this month to learn more about this curiosity. Kids Day and Pink Floyd shows are also returning in March. Link in bio for more info!

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This amazing image of the Crab Nebula was taken by NASA’s JWST🦀 We've got 6 Kid's Day shows in February! We're also have more Pink Floyd & JWST shows, including one JWST show entirely in Spanish! Tickets go on sale Monday, Feb 5 at Noon. For more info, see the link in our bio!

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Tickets went on sale today for our January shows! Kid's Day sold out VERY quickly, so we will work to offer more of those shows next month. Tickets for our Pink Floyd and JWST shows are still available, featuring images like this great shot of star cluster IC 348.

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Can we make a social media post about Uranus without making jokes? You bet your butt we can! This image from the rear end of our solar system is one example of the amazing photos you can see at the Sac State Planetarium.
Tickets go on sale Thursday, January 11th, at 12:00 noon.

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Come out to Sac State the morning of Saturday, October 14th to catch the eclipse! We will have telescopes set up, eclipse glasses available, crafts for kids, pin hole viewers, and a special planetarium show all about eclipses running all morning. Best of all, everything is free!

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This may look like a freshly made crater on the moon, but what you are seeing is actually the three-and-a-half billion year old Shackleton crater from the south pole of the moon. Because of its location at the pole, this region of the moon never receives direct sunlight.

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Our September show schedule is here, and we are ready to shine as brightly as the light of a thousand suns! This month, we are offering 12 different showtimes, featuring four different shows! Tickets go on sale Tuesday, September 12th, at noon.

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Check out this pair of protostars caught by the James Webb Space Telescope. If you think this pair is spectacular, so are a pair of tickets to one of our James Webb Space Telescope one-year anniversary shows! Don't let this chance rocket away. Get your ticket today.

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The JWST isn't just for looking into deep space, it also makes discoveries right here in our local solar system. Now we're bringing these discoveries to your local system. We are hosting 12 showings of our JWST Anniversary show this month, and tickets go on sale Friday at noon.

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If you are currently having trouble purchasing a ticket for shows on the 29th, we want you to know that the site is not having errors. Our new ticketing system worked great, and we are already sold out! But don't be discouraged. We will be hosting many more JWST shows in August!

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A friendly reminder to all of our fans - we have a new ticketing company, so you will have to create a new account and be signed in to have the best chance of grabbing our July 29th JWST show tickets. Sales go live tomorrow at 10am!

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Don't fret if you missed the James Webb Space Telescope one-year anniversary shows on July 12th. We now have our new ticketing site up and running, and we are hosting more JWST Anniversary shows on Saturday, July 29th! Our launch date is set for Friday, July 21st at 10:00 AM.

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Next Wednesday is the one-year anniversary of the first JWST images. We are celebrating with FREE shows all day long at the Sac State Planetarium! Reserve your spot by going to https://t.co/9h0YWy9jBR and we will hope to see you under the dome next week!

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June is just around the corner, and here at the Sac State Planetarium, we've got some great stuff in the works for you! Our regularly scheduled public shows will be back, but we will also be featuring two entirely new types of events! Stay tuned for more details coming soon.

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No, this isn't the "Eye of Sauron." This is an up close image of a sunspot on the surface of the Sun. Speaking of the Sun, we still have tickets available for this month's show, "The Sun, Our Living Star." Find out more about fascinating occurrences like this one during the show.

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Tomorrow, Friday May 12th, at noon, tickets go on sale for this month's public shows. We have a brand new show making its debut, "The Sun, Our Living Star." The amazing image of a solar flare that you see here was captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.

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To all Sac State students. Tomorrow, May 4th, celebrate Star Wars Day with us at the Sac State Planetarium, where we are hosting a special event inside the dome. Compete with fellow attendees in Star Wars trivia for prizes. We start at 11AM. May the Fourth be with you, always.

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Today at noon is our April Ticket Launch! Be ready and signed in because this month we are hosting a brand new kind of show called "Concerts Under the Dome", as well as a returning favorite "Birth of Planet Earth", and the last chance to see our "JWST: The First Six Months" show!

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In April, catch "Birth of Planet Earth" and "JWST: The First Six Months," as well as two very special "Music Under the Dome" shows featuring live music from Sac State's School of Music. Details found on the Hornet Ticket Office webpage. Sale Launch is April 3rd at noon!

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For generations, women have been pushing the boundaries of what we know in astronomy. Find out about Katie Bouman and other incredible women in astronomy during this month's brand new show, "Women in Astronomy." Tickets are still available for our last showtime on March 29th!