Welcome to the Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium

Lyman Spitzer Jr. Planetarium

Immerse Yourself

The only public planetarium in Vermont invites you to take a tour of the cosmos, get transported by extreme weather, or travel through time to the age of the dinosaurs. Choose from a selection of films and in-person presentations during your visit. Or reserve the planetarium for a private show!

Today’s Programs

  • Live Astronomy Presenter - "Tonight's Sky"
    February 1711:30 am - 12:00 pm
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  • Butterfly Full-Dome Movie
    February 1712:30 pm - 1:00 pm
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Membership

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Weather Forecast

Mostly cloudy. A chance of light scattered snow shower north of Route 4 after midnight. Transitioning to a wintry mix west before morning. Lows in the mid to upper 20s.

Current Weather Information for February 17, 2026

Mix of sun and clouds.

Monday Night

Fair, then more clouds. Some snow showers north.
20s to near 30

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Tuesday

Any morning snow showers ending.  Lots of clouds, limited sun. Milder.
Upper 30s to mid 40s

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Wednesday

Becoming cloudy. A rising chance of snow or wintry mix west and south of I-89.
30s to near 40.

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Thursday

Mostly sunny. Cooler.
Upper 20s to mid 30s

Eye on the Night Sky

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Today:
Tonight’s New Moon will facilitate the detection the most distant object human eyes can see, the Andromeda galaxy, a faint smudge of light, one half of the way above the west-northwest horizon, as twilight ends after 7:00 PM. It appears at the hip of the constellation Andromeda, on the side toward her mother, Cassiopeia. A pair of binoculars will help.