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
Membership
Adventure begins here.
What’s Happening at the Museum?
Defending the Dark
August 5, 7:00 PM
Documentary film screening with filmmaker Tara Zabriskie
Workshop for Educators
Aug 11 & Oct 21
Bring creativity and innovation to your classroom!
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Shippee Family Eye Care Butterfly House
Stroll through this ever-changing live exhibit of native butterflies and the plants that host and feed them!
Weather Forecast
***FLOOD WATCH FOR VT AND EASTERN NY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT***
Showers with potential downpours return late tonight and Friday.
Current Weather Information for July 20, 2023
Today
Patchy AM fog, then sun, mixing with afternoon clouds.
Upper 70s to low 80s.
Tonight
Clear east, then increasing clouds. A rising chance of showers/T-storms west.
Upper 50s and 60s.
Friday
Showers and thunderstorms likely; heavy rainfall possible.
70s.
Saturday
Scattered showers of an afternoon thunderstorm, mainly north.
70s to near 80.
Eye on the Night Sky
Thursday, July 20, 2023
Today:
On this day in 1969, millions of people on the Earth watched as one man, Neil Armstrong, became the first person to visit the Moon, the first of six successful missions to the Moon. You’ll see the Moon this evening as a slender Crescent, low in the west-northwest, with our future mission target to its left, the planet Mars.