Last chance to sign up for Spring Girl Scout Night! Retzer Nature Center & the Horwitz-DeRemer Planetarium have collaborated to offer programs and help Scouts earn badges. Check out the schedule and sign up ASAP if you want to join us on Thursday!
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We are less than one month away from the Great American Sola Eclipse on April 8th, 2024. So, the Horwitz-DeRemer Planetarium has some opportunities today to get you READY this lovely Saturday!
Have a great Saturday, everyone!
Starting tonight thru 3-31, try to see the usually hard-to-spot planet Mercury. It’s the smallest planet & closest to the Sun, so it’s often invisible due to the Sun’s glaring brightness. But now, Mercury’s distance from the Sun becomes just far enough away to catch a glimpse.
Happy birthday, Albert Einstein! According to our math, this would be Einstein's 145th birthday today, also known as Pi Day!
Follow the link to learn more about Einstein's brilliance & accomplishments.
https://earthsky.org/human-world/albert-einsteins-birthday-march-14-1879/
We've looked ahead & it appears that the weather should cooperate this Friday for some skywatching! This is a drop-in event, so join us anytime between 7-9pm!
If anything changes, keep an eye on our social media accounts. Hope to see you Friday!
Keep your eyes on the evening skies tonight. Following sunset, the Moon joins Jupiter tonight in the west. They make a great pairing through binoculars!
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Last chance to sign up for Spring Cub Scout Night! Retzer Nature Center & the Horwitz-DeRemer Planetarium have collaborated to offer programs and help Scouts meet some of the requirements for badges. Check out the schedule and sign up ASAP if you want to join us tomorrow!
Don't forget!
Two weeks from today will begin our week-long spring break show schedule! Check out the schedule and pencil us in for a show or two! Tickets available NOW at hdplanetarium.ticketleap.com!
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Friendly reminder, did you move your clocks AHEAD ONE HOUR yet today?!
Also, here's our weekly schedule. Our 11am show is a family favorite, so if you have the opportunity, please join us!
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We are less than 1 month away from the Great American Eclipse on 4-8-24. Horwitz-DeRemer Planetarium has some opportunities to get you READY this event! "Eclipse March Madness" begins at noon. Please join us for a show and to learn about solar observing!
Have a great Saturday!
What big event is only 1 MONTH away??
Check the picture for a clue!
On April 8th, there will be a Total Solar Eclipse & SE Wisconsin will experience approximately 88-92% coverage. (Not 100% totality, but still pretty darn good!)
Mark C. Lee is another Wisconsin-born astronaut! Born 8/14/52 in Viroqua & he flew on 4 Space Shuttle missions. Mark retired from the Air Force & NASA on 7/1/01. He logged nearly 33 days in space.
https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/lee_mark_0.pdf !"
Similar to Feb., Venus will be the brightest planet, Venus these March mornings. It will be very low in the E-SE sky shortly before sunrise. You’ll most likely need a clear sight-line to the horizon and probably something to block the glare of the rising Sun to see it.
The Horwitz-DeRemer Planetarium is ALL about ECLIPSES this week! Check out our schedule and join us for a show. Don't forget that we are distributing FREE solar eclipse glasses to anyone who attends a public show from now through April 8th (while supplies last).
We have a new Saturday show schedule! At 11am, we will feature "Totality: Explore the Wonder of Eclipses." "Lights Out! Eclipses: Whys, Wonders and Wows" will be at 1pm.
"Eclipse March Madness" begins at noon. We'll provide FREE eclipse lessons. Today is create a solar oven!
Happy Friday AND Happy March, everyone!
For us in Wisconsin, we all know that it's a 50/50 chance...will the month begin like a lion or lamb?!
Cheers to the month that spring begins. Have a great weekend!
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Tonight is our Wild Winter Night!
We will be showing "It's About Time! Cosmic Cycles: We Live By"...in honor of Leap Day!
Show Summary- Time impacts us everyday -- but what is it exactly? Where does it come from? Explore these mysteries & more.
TOMORROW is Feb. 29 (Leap Day)! Why? Because it takes about 365.25 days for Earth to orbit the Sun but our calendars have only 365 days. To make up for the extra ¼ day, we add one day—February 29—to years that are divisible by 4 (2024, 2028, & so on), & call it Leap Day!
Calling all early birds! Have U been able to sneak a peek at Venus & Mars in the SE yet? These 2 planets are less than half-a-degree apart, but Mars will be dimmer. Keep in mind that the rising Sun’s glare and Mars’s proximity to the horizon might make them difficult to spot.
