Arkansas Center for Space and
Planetary Sciences in partnership with the Department of Physics
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Undergraduate
Classes
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Public
Outreach
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Click on image to learn more
about our research
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Exploring
the universe from the heart of the nation
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News and Events
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About Us
A brief description of the Planetarium and a
little about its background.
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Keck Laboratory
Presentations
PowerPoint files of technical talks given at the
weekly laboratory meeting.
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Announcements,
press releases and newsletter
The monthly newsletter, press releases and
announcements f of the Arkansas Center for Space and Planetary Science
frequently contain items about the
Planetarium.
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Research with the Planetarium
researchers
All Planetarium presenters perform research with
the Arkansas Center for Space and Planetary Science. Click here to apply to join them as an undergraduate during the
academic year, as an
under-graduate summer intern, or as a graduate student.
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Our Monthly
Newsletter
Larry
and Nancy Lebofsky discuss the sky this month.
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Public
Auditorium Lectures
Announcements of public lectures by researchers
in the Arkansas Center for Space and Planetary Sciences. (These are not planetarium shows).
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Power behind
the Planetarium
The reopening of the Planetarium was a labor of
love by a team of technical staff and students. They are described here.
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Public
Planetarium Lectures
The planetarium is a teaching element in the
university and does not offer public shows. However, the space center is happy to make arrangements for
visits and private shows for any interested groups to the extent that they
are able. Please contact the Space
Center office.
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Management of the
Planetarium
The Planetarium is managed by a board of
advisors. To read about them, click here.
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Operation of
the Planetarium
The Planetarium is operated by an oversight
board of students in our graduate
programs in space and planetary science. To read about them, click here.
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The Spitz A1
analog planetarium projector
The Spitz A1 analog projector, on display next
to the planetarium, was the first in regular use in the physics department
for teaching astronomy.
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The Digistar II
digital planetarium projector
The heart of the Planetarium is the projector,
which fills the dome of the planetarium with images of the sky at night at
any location on Earth and at any time.
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Arkansas Center for Space and Planetary
Sciences | Department
of Physics | University of
Arkansas
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The Planetarium, Arkansas
Center for Space and Planetary Sciences,
202 Old Museum, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA. (479)
575-3170
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