A few months back, we asked our followers about new planetarium show topics. A show about auroras was a popular response!
We are happy to share we'll be featuring "Aurora: Lights of Wonder". We are so grateful to a local family for helping us obtain this show!
School District of Waukesha families, don't forget! You are invited to attend a special Sunset Meditation tomorrow, April 30th at the Horwitz-DeRemer Planetarium! We'll feature Sunset Meditation in Spanish as well as a beautiful hike around Retzer Nature Center.
May begins this week!! Have you grabbed a new brochure from us? Have you checked out our May-August offerings online? We are scheduled through August, so save the date(s) for the offerings that interest you and join us!
Have a great week, everyone!
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It's the last Saturday in April, so it's your last opportunity to see 2 great shows! Save your seats online at hdplanetarium.ticketleap.com or tickets may be available prior to showtime.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
School District of Waukesha families, please join us for a special Sunset Meditation on Tuesday, April 30th! We'll feature Sunset Meditation in Spanish as well as a beautiful hike around Retzer Nature Center. Program starts at 7pm.
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Happy 33rd Birthday to the Hubble Space Telescope! Hubble was deployed on this date in 1990. NASA.gov has an awesome collection of Hubble's images throughout the years, try to check them out sometime!
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Laser shows are returning to the Horwitz-DeRemer Planetarium this August! The schedule is set and tickets are now on sale on hdplanetarium.ticketleap.com!
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Tonight is April's full moon! It's most commonly known as the Pink Moon. Northern Native Americans gave it that name, because of phlox, an early pink wildflower that blooms now. It's also known as Sprouting Grass Moon, Growing Moon, Egg Moon or Fish Moon. Which 1 do U prefer?
It's Earth Day today! Wise words for us all to remember...
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Here's our schedule for this week...the last full week in April! How is that possible?!?
Hope to see you under the dome sometime soon!
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Friends of Retzer Nature Center's Earth Week Celebration begins today!
Today we'll be showing ""Our Violent Planet"" for a reduced price of $3.00/per person, in honor of Earth Day! Shows will run from 11am-2pm and begin every 45 minute.
https://www.waukeshacounty.gov/earthweek
With Earth Day quickly approaching on April 22nd, here's a Excellent Earth Fact4 U!
According to a 2015 study, it is estimated that there are roughly 3 trillion trees on earth, give or take a few million.
8 billion people = roughly 400 trees per person!
Are you all still on an solar eclipse high like we are at the Horwitz-DeRemer Planetarium!?
Check out a combo of pics from our crew. These were taken from Waukesha, Milwaukee, Texas, & Arkansas. Drop your eclipse pictures in the comments if you want to share!
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Don't forget! The Planetarium will recycle your eclipse glasses for you! Just drop them off by April 30th. We will send them on for inspection & they will be used in Central American this coming October for their Annular eclipse!
Time is running out to view some of our beloved winter constellations. The stars famous for appearing in the wintertime sky are now setting soon after sunset these days, as spring gets well and truly underway. Look west about an hour after sunset tonight to catch them.
Have you signed up for Sunset Meditation coming up on Wednesday?
This beautiful evening begins @hdplanetarium at 7:30pm with a peaceful planetarium show. Immediately following, 1 of Retzer's amazing naturalists will take interested participants on a evening hike on the trails.
Have a great week, everyone!
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We have a great pair of shows for this Saturday!
At 11am, we'll show ""One World, One Sky: Big Bird's Adventure,"" and ""Galileo: The Power of the Telescope"" at 1pm.
Save your seats online at hdplanetarium.ticketleap.com.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
The large constellation Virgo is above the eastern horizon after sunset tonight. Virgo’s brightest star is Spica, which shines at magnitude 1, is actually a binary pair. The two stars are too close to split and orbit each other in just 4 days.
SOURCE: astronomy.com
This ""Thoughtful Thursday"" quote couldn't be more perfect for this week.
Feel free to share your eclipse experiences from Monday below. We hope you were able to view it someway, somehow, somewhere.
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