Today: The Moon at Fujitsu Planetarium at De Anza College.
Description: Have you ever wondered what makes the Moon so special? Apart from the Sun, the Moon is one of the brightest objects in the sky and it’s the second place, other than the Earth, that humans have set foot. Come and learn about the Moon’s phases, craters and other characteristics that make the Moon a very special place.
Family Audience / Children 5 yrs and older
Today: The Little Star That Could at Fujitsu Planetarium at De Anza College.
Description: This is a story about Little Star, an average yellow star in search for planets of his own to protect and warm. Along the way, he meets other stars, learns what makes each star special, and discovers that stars combine to form star clusters and galaxies.Eventually, Little Star finds his planets. Each planet is introduced to the audience with basic information about our Solar System.Family Audience / Children 4 yrs and older
Today: Secret of the Cardboard Rocket at Fujitsu Planetarium at De Anza College.
Description: Climb aboard a magical cardboard rocket with two young adventurers, Marcus and Bonnie, and experience a breathtaking, up-close look at each of our solar system’s planets with guidance from “Astronomy Book” – a character personified by a wise, kind old man.
It’s not until the end of the adventure that you find out what the true secret of the rocket is – something that makes this apparently impossible trip to the edges of the Universe and back become possible.
Family Audience: Children 4 yrs and older
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Image credit/image courtesy of Fujitsu Planetarium
Today: Mayan Archeoastronomy at Fujitsu Planetarium at De Anza College.
Description: In a feast of colors and sounds, Mayan Archaeoastronomy: Observers of the Universe makes a tour of 6 Mayan temples: San Gervasio, Chichen Itzá, Uxmal, Edzná, Palenque and Bonampak where the spectator dives into a Mayan world of knowledge about the importance of the orientations of its temples in relation to the movement of some stars like the Sun, the Moon and Venus.General Audience – Children 8 years and older
Today: Phantom of the Universe at Fujitsu Planetarium at De Anza College.
Description: Phantom of the Universe is a new planetarium show that showcases an exciting exploration of dark matter, from the Big Bang to its anticipated discovery at the Large Hadron Collider.The show reveals the first hints of its existence through the eyes of Fritz Zwicky, the scientist who coined the term “dark matter.†It describes the astral choreography witnessed by Vera Rubin in the Andromeda galaxy and then plummets deep underground to see the most sensitive dark matter detector on Earth, housed in a former gold mine.General Audience – Ages 8 and Up
