Horwitz-DeRemer Planetarium

Tonight, catch the waning gibbous moon rising with Regulus, the brightest star in Leo's Sickle pattern, in the eastern sky after sunset! 🌕🦁

We're onto February and ready to shine! 🌟 The shortest month of the year is packed! Here's our schedule for the week, mark your calendars and join us if you can! We've got a lot of fun activities planned and it wouldn't be the same without you. #wherethestarshangout 💫

It should be no surprise that Native Americans named the this full moon the Snow Moon. Why? Because the heaviest shows mainly fell during this month. Some tribes also referred to it as the Full Hunger Moon, since harsh weather conditions in their areas made hunting very difficult

It’s Public Show Saturday! 🚀✨
11:00am: Defying Gravity: It Is Rocket Science
1:00pm: Messengers of Time & Space
Tickets $5/person. Buy ahead at ticketleap.events/events/hdplanetarium or walk in if available!
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Make sure you check out the waxing gibbous Moon tonight....once you see it, you can take a peek at Jupiter nearby! SOURCE: adlerplanetarium.org

The Moon reaches perigee today 🌕
What’s that? The Moon’s orbit isn’t a perfect circle, so today it’s at its closest point to Earth—227,341 miles away (just over 1 light-second!). This happens at 4:00pm, marking the 2nd perigee this month.
Source: earthsky.org

Join us for a fun show this morning! Don't miss "Satelix" at 11am, which will be followed by a live star talk about what's currently in our night sky. #wherethestarshangout

Catch the waxing gibbous Moon tonight at twilight! 🌕️ Look east-southeast around 5:00PM, then again 60-90 minutes later to spot the Pleiades star cluster nearby. ✨️ (Source: adlerplanetarium.org)

Check out this cool article! Feel free to comment how many of the 🔟 that you have seen with your own eyes! SOURCE: earthsky.org
https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/what-are-the-brightest-objects-in-our-solar-system/

It's hard to believe that this is the last week in January!

Check out our schedule for this week and hopefully we'll see you under the dome soon!
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Take a peek at Saturn near the waxing crescent moon tonight! It's always a treat seeing a planet in our evening skies! SOURCE: adlerplanetarium.org

Retzer's Wild Winter Night is 3 weeks away!

Don't forget that we'll be featuring planetarium shows AND Michelle Thaller for another fascinating presentation "Black Holes: Monsters & Myths." Grab your tickets for Wild Winter Night ahead of time by going to waukeshacounty.gov!

Since the Artemis mission will be heading back to the moon early this year, this "Thoughtful Thursday" seems pretty fitting.

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Join us for an excellent show today! We'll be featuring ""Cleopatra's Universe"" at 11am. Grab your tickets at the door or purchase them ahead of time at ticketleap.events/events/hdplanetarium to save your seats!

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The Retzer Nature Center building is closed today in observance of Martin Luther King Jr Day.

Here are some wise words from MLK for your Monday morning...

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Here's the schedule for this week! Hope to see you under the dome! #wherethestarshangout

We're celebrating Winter JanBoree at the planetarium today! From 11am-2pm, we'll feature the show ""Aurora: Lights of Wonder."" It will run every 45 minutes & is FREE. The planetarium is one of many locations that has special activities scheduled throughout the day.

Happy Friday, all! Do you have plans this weekend?

Because, the moon reaches the new moon phase officially Sunday! Therefore, if you can, and the weather cooperates, it would be an ideal few nights for stargazing!

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⏰ LAST CHANCE! Voting ends TODAY for Milwaukee Magazine’s Best of the Burbs!
Please vote for Horwitz-DeRemer Planetarium as the top attraction 💫
👉 vote.milwaukeemag.com → Recreation & Outdoors → Day Outing → Vote!
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What to do today? Join us at Horwitz-DeRemer Planetarium at 11am for a show + live star talk! #wherethestarshangout