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

Membership

Adventure begins here.

What’s Happening at the Museum?

John Perry Ph.D. (Astrophysics)
June 30, 5:30 PM

Holographic Universe Theory in the Lyman Spitzer Jr. Planetarium

Dinosaurs on the way!
June 17

Dinosaurs Among Us from the American Museum of Natural History is on the way …

Build It! Workshops
June 24 & 25

Create your own Rube Goldberg contraption with Zach Umperovitch.

Eye on the Sky the Vermont Weather Source Logo

Current Weather Information for June 3, 2023

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Today

Becoming partly sunny north. Mostly cloudy south.
Highs 60-70.   

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Tonight

Mostly clear west; partly to mostly cloudy east.  
Lows 35-45--coolest in Adirondacks.

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Sunday

Partly to mostly sunny west; Mostly cloudy east. 

Highs 60-70.

Mix of sun and clouds.

Monday

Increasing clouds. Scattered PM showers. 
Highs 63-73.

Eye on the Night Sky

Saturday, June 03, 2023

June’s Full “Strawberry” Moon might not be red, but its companion this evening certainly is. The reddish-colored star Antares appears just to the right of the Moon as darkness follows the twilight by 10 o’clock, climbing into the southeast, but not climbing very high. June’s Full Moon, opposite from the Sun, travels low over the southern horizon tonight.