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
    March 1711:30 am - 12:00 pm
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  • Extreme Weather Full-Dome Movie
    March 1712:30 pm - 1:00 pm
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  • Dinosaurs of Antarctica - Full Dome Movie
    March 171:30 pm - 2:00 pm
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  • Flying Monsters - Full Dome Movie
    March 172:30 pm - 3:00 pm
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Membership

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Weather Forecast

Windy and cold this afternoon, with scattered snow showers, mainly in the mountains. Snow showers and wind will decrease tonight, but still quite cold tonight and Wednesday.

Current Weather Information for March 17, 2026

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This Afternoon

Windy. Scattered, mainly mountain snow showers. 
Valleys mainly upper 20s to lower 30s

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Tonight

Mostly to partly cloudy. Scattered mountain snow showers.
5 to 15 above

Mix of sun and clouds.

Wednesday

Morning sun, mixing with clouds.
Valleys mainly upper 20s to lower 30s

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Thursday

Partly sunny southeast, and mostly cloudy northwest.
Mainly upper 30s to mid 40s

Eye on the Night Sky

Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Today:
The brightest star in the sky, Sirius, sparkles in the south as twilight fades by 8:00 PM, sliding into the southwest through the course of the evening, one of the first stars out as twilight fades. Its brilliance is due, in part to its relative closeness, only 8.6 light years away, as well as putting out about 25 times more light than our Sun.