The science of the stars and the planets and the myth's that goes along with it is one of man’s great quests to discover. The telescope gives us a farther look out into space. On a clear night the skies are so full of stars it looks like a milk ocean.
The Planetarium at the Miami Science Museum located in Vizcaya provides a show called the amazing telescope ‘two small pieces of glass,’ how to find the stars and planets of the month, and ‘legends of the night sky’ laser show.
For Planetarium Events go to http://www.miamisci.org
The Amazing Telescope, 'two small pieces of glass' At 12:30 PM and 4:00 PM planetarium
How to Find the Stars and the Planets At 2:00 PM planetarium
Legends of the Nights Sky, 'laser show' At 3:00 PM planetarium
A Planetarium is a great resource that allows the viewer to visualize a map of the stars. A virtual chart constellations, suns, and planets. Planetarium director Mark Bennett said "all of the stars of the season are current, star charts are updated each month." Mark mentioned "Orion, Taurus the Bull, Sirius ‘the brightest star‘, Anopus ‘the 2nd brightest‘," then named the stars of the Winter Hexagon; "Sirius, Capella ‘the 4th brightest‘, Aldebaran in Taurus the Bull, Rigel in Orion, Procyon in Canis Minor, Pollux, and Castor over in Gemimi."
For the planets Jupiter is visible after dark in our region until 9:08 PM., in the western sky. Saturn will show up at 10:14 PM on the eastern horizon visible until sunrise. Venus will appear to the east at 4:17 AM. The Moon is in the disc one phase, a waxing crescent.
For a star dome go to http://www.astronomy.com/
For planets go to http://www.astronomy.com/
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