Located within The Public Museum. Enjoy dazzling laser light shows, tours of the night sky and themed shows daily.
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- Grand Rapids, MI, 49504
- Phone:
- 616.456.3977
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Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium wrote on Harvest Moon Watch 2009's Wall.
Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium wrote on Harvest Moon Watch 2009's Wall.
Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium wrote on Harvest Moon Watch 2009's Wall.
Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium
Weather's looking good for tonight (9/30), and we have an expanded site list. Come out, say hi, and look at the Moon (and maybe Jupiter) through a telescope!
See http://www.grmuseum.org/node/3626 for the latest details.
www.grmuseum.org
Tuesday night's observing session has been canceled due to weather conditions. The weather forecast looks more promising for Wednesday night; please check this page on Wednesday afternoon!
Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium
***TONIGHT'S HARVEST MOON WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED due to weather conditions. We hope you got to visit one of our observing sites on Wednesday night. Expect to see another event like this in the spring, but until then, please learn about and enjoy the wonders of the night sky in the Chaffee Planetarium, at the Veen Ob...servatory, and from your own backyard.***
Weather permitting, members of the Grand Rapids Amateur Astronomical Association, local amateur astronomers, and Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium staff members will set up high-powered telescopes in convenient spots throughout the community between 7:30 and 9:30 pm, and invite passers-by to look through a telescope just as Galileo first did four centuries ago. Viewing is free.
TELESCOPE SITES
Celebration Cinemas North and South -- Near main entrance
Rosa Parks Circle - Monroe Center side near Art Museum
Blue Pedestrian Bridge – west end near Nessie Sculpture
Fulton at Ottawa, outside City parking ramp near The Bob
Fulton at Sheldon, at the bus stop, SW corner adjacent to parking
East Kentwood High School - West parking lot; enter off Kalamazoo Ave.
Wittenbach Nature Center - North side of Vergennes Road across from Lowell High School
Forest Hills Eastern High School – Knapp and Pettis, south parking lot
3rd Reformed Church, 2060 Michigan, N.E., east of Plymouth; in the parking lot
Calvin College - Observatory atop Science Building; campus off East Beltline and Burton St.
Grand Valley State University, Allendale campus near the clock tower
Northview High School, 4451 Hunsberger, NE; south football stadium lot
Wege Center at East Grand Rapids Community Center on Reeds Lake
More information, visit:
http://grmuseum.org/node/3626
http://grmuseum.org
http//graaa.org
Want to look through a telescope? Here's your chance!
Time:7:30PM Tuesday, September 29th
Location:Multiple locations around Grand Rapids, Michigan
Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium
Celebrates the Autumnal Equinox Festival with 3 spectacular laser light shows featuring the music of Pink Floyd on September 18. Shows at 8, 9 and 10 pm.
Visit grmuseum.org for additional information.
8 pm THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON – Pink Floyd’s most popular album returns to the Chaffee Planetarium. Life, love, birth, ...death, money, war, aging, insanity and sex—Pink Floyd puts the human experience to music. We’ll see you on the dark side of the moon!
9 pm WISH YOU WERE HERE – Welcome to the machine! The band’s tribute to their former band member, the now deceased Syd Barrett, joins the Chaffee line-up with an array of breathtaking effects. Shine on you crazy diamond!
10 pm THE WALL – So ya, thought ya, might like to go to the show? A selection of songs from Pink Floyd’s dramatic rock opera follows fictional rocker Pink Floyd, reliving his life as he sits catatonic in a hotel room. Join us at the Chaffee and help tear down the Wall.
One Night Only!
Time:8:45PM Friday, September 18th
Location:Public Museum - Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium
Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium Listen to audio from the Apollo 11 Crew http://wechoosethemoon.org/# and share your memories from the day on our wall!
wechoosethemoon.org
WeChooseTheMoon.org is an interactive experience recreating the historic Apollo 11 mission to the Moon in real time. Once where only three men made the trip, now millions can. Live event begins 8:02 AM EDT July 16, 2009, with launch at 9:32 a.m., exactly 40 years after Apollo 11 lifted off.
Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium Saturday is Astronomy Day! Stop by the Museum & learn about your universe. Get info about stargazing, buying a first telescope (or bring that old dusty 'scope in for a tune-up), and why it's important to save our dark skies from light pollution. Space act
Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium Tonight's GRAAA Public Night at the Veen Observatory has been canceled due to thunderstorms, but you'll get another chance next Saturday for Astronomy Day. Stay tuned...
Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium
See the universe through big telescopes at tonight's Public Night at the GRAAA's James C. Veen Observatory. Held only if clear; check http://graaa.org for status updates before heading out. FB event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=80
Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium
Meteorologists are predicting clear skies tonight (Friday, April 3), so 100 Hours of Astronomy in Grand Rapids is on! Head out and look at the Moon through a telescope from 8-10 tonight. More info here: http://www.grmuseum.org/internationalyea
Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium
Equinox Light Show Festival tonight! Don't miss Rush, ELP, and Radiohead set to amazing visual effects! http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=75
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Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium wrote on Harvest Moon Watch 2009's Wall.
Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium discussed Dinosaur Chronicles on the Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium discussion board.
Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium discussed Laser Light Shows start February 21! on the Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium discussion board.
