Are you a faculty member interested in showing one of our fulldome movies to your class but would like to view it yourself first? Are you curious what our planetarium can do for your group, event, or class? Or are you someone just interested in learning more about science through one of our entertaining and educational fulldome shows? If you answered “yes” to any one of these questions, our Fulldome Friday Series is for you!
Shows will generally begin with a brief orientation to the night sky and objects currently visible from HPU that time of year using our Starry Night software. Then we will screen one of our short (20-30 min) fulldome movies from our library. The entire experience will last approximately 40 min. Due to safety concerns associated with our low lighting conditions, we discourage people from entering or exiting the planetarium once the show has started, so please arrive on time.
At this time, Fulldome Friday shows are only open to HPU students, faculty, and staff. We look forward to seeing you under the dome!
Reservations are not required
Over the summer we will have our Summer Star Show Series, a spin-off of our usual Fulldome Friday shows! For the following Fridays at 12:30pm, join us to learn about the summer night sky and watch one of our star-related fulldome movies.
June 5th @ 12:30pm
Solar Superstorms
A fury is building on the surface of the Sun: high-velocity jets, a fiery tsunami wave 100,000 km high, rising loops of electrified gas. There are tangles of magnetic fields and superhot plasma that vent the Sun’s rage in dramatic flares, violent solar tornadoes, and the largest eruptions in the Solar System: coronal mass ejections. What’s driving these strange phenomena? How will they affect planet Earth? Find the answers as we venture into our star.
June 12th @ 12:30pm
Spark! The Universe in Us [New!]
“Spark: The Universe in Us” explores our deep connection to stars millions of light years away—and billions of years in the past. We’ll travel across space and time to discover the celestial origins of the elements we all have in common. Along the way, you’ll enter the core of a giant star just before it implodes, experience the quiet demise of a star like the Sun, and see how colliding stars seed the universe with the building blocks of life!
June 19th @ 12:30pm
We Are Stars
What are we made of? Where did it all come from? Explore the secrets of our cosmic chemistry, our explosive origins, and humanity’s current understanding of where everything, including us, came from. Connect life on Earth to the evolution of the Universe by following the formation of Hydrogen atoms to the synthesis of Carbon, and the molecules for life.
July 17th @ 12:30pm
Black Holes: the Other Side of Infinity
“Black Holes: the Other side of Infinity” features a high-resolution visualization of a black hole, using data generated by computer simulations to bring this cosmic phenomenon to life. Narrated by actor Liam Neeson, learn about the formation of the early universe, star birth and death, the collision of giant galaxies, and take a simulated flight through a supermassive black hole that lurks in the center of our own galaxy.
The Fall Fulldome Friday schedule will be posted in August.
Have a great summer!