Shawnee State University  

Welcome!

 

Clark Planetarium

The Planetarium is closed for the Christmas vacation. See the Calendar Page for our schedule in the new year.

We host FREE public shows Monday and Thursday evenings at 7 PM (except where noted on the calendar). Please visit our Calendar Page for information about the shows you will see.

Please help us continue to provide the optimal planetarium experience by providing feeback on our new planetarium feedback form.

About the planetarium

Located inside the Advanced Technology Center, the Clark Planetarium is a large room with 66 seats under a 10 meter domed projection screen. The key piece of equipment in the planetarium is the Konica Minolta Mediaglobe I/II digital projection system. The Mediaglobe is a state of the art digital projection system utilizing a single fisheye lens for complete 360x180 degrees of immersion. The Clark Planetarium is privileged to be the United States' first Konica Minolta Mediaglobe II system. Not only does this system project a realistic view of the nighttime sky, it can also display full-dome or warped videos, pictures, and animations.

Clark Planetarium

What's New

New Website Features
Sky observing opportunities

We're working on building a community calling/mailing list to alert those interested in atttending to star parties. Very often, local astronomers get together in groups and pool resources. Many have agreed to work with the Clark Planetarium and invite local patrons interested in attending. If you wish to join us, learn more
under our Amateur Astronomers link.
 
New Parking Options

Visit our Scheduling Page for more details


  

New Feature Show
Two Small Pieces of Glass

Two Small Pieces of Glass



Two Small Pieces of Glass traces the history of the telescope from Galileo's modifications to spyglass—using two small pieces of glass—to the launch of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and the future of astronomy. It explores the wonder and discovery made by astronomers through out the last 400 years. more