IMAGINE a planetarium-style presentation about the future of technology, followed by a tour of dozens of hands-on exhibits — whether of sandlike microparticles that flow like liquid in a beaker, pictures that appear three-dimensional or concrete that floats.
The annual planetarium Christmas presentations, for their part, dishonor both religion and astronomy, since the directors know that no object in the sky, whether comet or planet, can come to a screeching halt over Bethlehem.
Sunday's other festivities will include planetarium shows; a presentation about animal constellations; early space movies; astronomical crafts; and "Rockets Away," a demonstration including an air-rocket launching.
Today at 1 30 p.m. $1 and museum admission, additional $4; people 62 and older and children, $3. "Juneteenth Celebration," Westchester Library System joins the library in a family event with music, stories, dance, arts, crafts, games, planetarium shows and author presentations.
Seasonal CENTERPORT Vanderbilt Museum "Winter Solstice Celebration," featuring a live presentation in the planetarium dome Bella Gaia, observation of the sky through a 16-inch telescope.
I thought of her after shuffling confusedly from a presentation in a planetarium, feeling particularly insignificant.
Tom Hanks, Liam Neeson, Harrison Ford and Robert Redford have all hosted space-related video presentations within the planetarium's dome.
There is an important difference — "Life: A Cosmic Journey," a multimedia presentation now showing at the new Morrison Planetarium here at the California Academy of Sciences, relies not just on computer animation techniques, but on a wealth of digitized scientific data as well.
The pre-show presentation really does begin, as those at the old Hayden Planetarium in New York once did, with the local skyline lining the dome at twilight.
The evening shows were fantastic, the planetarium had a lovely show, and the lecturers from Oxford and presentations by John Maxthee-Grahamaritimearitime historian, were very special.
