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

  • Tonight's Sky - Live Astronomy Show
    April 1911:30 am - 12:00 pm
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  • Extreme Weather Full-Dome Movie
    April 1912:30 pm - 1:00 pm
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  • Dinosaurs of Antarctica - Full Dome Movie
    April 191:30 pm - 2:00 pm
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  • Solar System Settlement - Live Astronomy Show
    April 192:30 pm - 3:00 pm
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Membership

Adventure begins here.

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Weather Forecast

Snow and sleet tapering off from west to east early with lingering flurries north. Partial clearing south. Cool, lows in the mid to upper 20s, near 30s in the broad valleys.

Current Weather Information for April 19, 2026

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Tonight

Partial clearing south, with some passing flurries north.
upper 20s, 30s in the valleys

Mix of sun and clouds.

Monday

Clouds and sun. Chance of a mountain shower. 
30s to near 40 North, 40s South

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Tuesday

Noticeably warmer with a little more sunshine.
Upper 40s, 50s in valleys

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Wednesday Night

Morning drizzle with more sun in the afternoon. Milder.
50s, upper 40s northeast

Eye on the Night Sky

Sunday, April 19, 2026

Today:
In the west at around 8:30 PM. the waxing Crescent Moon becomes brighter in the fading twilight. The emerging Jupiter appears high in the west-southwest. Almost straight to the Moon’s left in the bright star Aldebaran, and to its left Betelgeuse, in Orion. Above and to the Moon’s right appears the bright star Capella. And Venus, below the Moon, is dropping quickly toward the horizon in the west-northwest.