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
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Adventure begins here.
What’s Happening at the Museum?
Weather Forecast
Dry and cooler through Friday. Again hotter on Saturday. A cold front brings scattered showers and storms on Sunday.
Current Weather Information for August 15, 2025
Thursday Night
Mostly clear; patchy valley fog.
Mainly 50s
Friday
Mostly sunny after any early fog.
Upper 70s to mid 80
Saturday
Slight chance of a shower or storm, mainly New York and southern Greens.
Mid 80s to around 90
Sunday
Showers / storms spreading from northwest to southeast.
80s
Eye on the Night Sky
Friday, August 15, 2025
Today:
The Perseid Meteor Shower continues this evening, again further from its peak, but the moon is dimming, now down to 59 percent illuminated. Meteors are almost always favored after midnight, because our spinning Earth turns into the direction we are orbiting. This increases the number of particles we run into along our orbit.