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About Our New Digital Planetarium
Opened in 1968, the Gengras Planetarium is now the Travelers Science Dome at the Gengras Planetarium thanks to a major gift by Travelers. Our Spitz HB full dome digital projection system is state-of-the-art and the next generation in planetarium projection creating a brilliant seamless image over the entire 40-foot dome. Powerful images and digital sound surrounds the audience providing a “you-are-there” experience that is immersive and engaging. We offer a variety of programs for all ages from 5 to 105.
The digital planetarium seats 149 people under a 40-foot diameter dome screen and features live and pre-recorded shows.
NOW SHOWING:
Note: All shows include live interactive tours of our current night sky led by our Staff Astronomers either before or after the featured show.
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Amazing Stargazing
Amazing Stargazing is back at the Travelers Science Dome! Originally produced by the Minneapolis Planetarium, the show has been digitally remastered with new artwork by Julia Huntsman. The show features animated radio DJs from Radio Aahs, who take the audience on a tour of the night sky. Learn how to identify stars, constellations, planets, meteors, comets and more!
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Extreme Planets
The latest astronomy program to arrive at the Travelers Science Dome is Extreme Planets from the Clark Planetarium. Since 1995 scientists have discovered more than three hundred planets orbiting other stars. These “exoplanets” are too far away to ever visit ourselves, but we can imagine what they might look like. In this full dome production, we can see planets with multiple suns, watery landscapes, and gushing volcanoes, all of them possible inhabitants of a distant solar system.
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Astronaut
What does it take to be an astronaut? Experience a rocket launch from inside an astronaut. Explore inner and outer space, from floating around the International Space Station to maneuvering through the human body. Discover the perils of space as we subject ‘Chad’, our test astronaut, to everything that space has to throw at him.
Narrated by Ewan McGregor
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| The Secret of the Cardboard Rocket |
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Climb aboard a magical cardboard rocket with two young adventurers and experience a breathtaking, up-close look at each of our solar system's planets with guidance from a wise Astronomy Book. With "Book," as their guide, the travelers seek to visit the Sun, the eight planets and Pluto. They land on Venus, Mars and Pluto, fly through the Great Red Spot on Jupiter, and view the other planets and the Sun from close vantage points. As they tour the solar system, "Book" relays interesting facts about each body, making sure his students learn something while on their wild ride.
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This show features state-of-the-art 3D animation and a soundtrack with spectacular effects created at George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch. Secret of the Cardboard Rocket is perfect for the young and young at heart!
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Connecticut Skies Live
The Travelers Science Dome will be using our SciDome projector to present a completely live planetarium program. It will be a half hour tour of the current stars, planets, and Moon and can change on a daily basis.
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Earth’s Wild Ride
Imagine Earth, a distant place you once called home but could never visit again. What would you remember most about the planet, and how would you describe it to your children and grandchildren? This full dome planetarium show immerses audiences in a roller-coaster-like-ride through canyons of raging rivers and hot flowing lava, to an ice age winter with a woolly mammoth and back to the time when dinosaurs roamed the Earth. Earth’s Wild Ride is an adventure that will give audiences a unique appreciation for our precious home in space. This show is made possible thanks to Hamilton Sundstrand. For all ages.
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Two Small Pieces of Glass
When: Showings start September 1, Wednesdays at 3:30
Description: While attending a local star party, two teenage students learn how the telescope has helped us understand our place in space and how telescopes continue to expand our understanding of the Universe. A local astronomer enlightens them on the history of the telescope and the discoveries these wonderful tools have made. While looking through the astronomer's telescope, the students, along with the planetarium audience, explore the Galilean Moons, Saturn's rings, and spiral structure of galaxies. They also learn about the discoveries of Galileo, Huygens, Newton, Hubble and many others.
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The Sky Above Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood
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Explore the sky with the characters from the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. Watch a sunset from Daniel’s clock, try to catch the Moon with Lady Elaine and go stargazing from King Friday’s castle.
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Molecularium
Oxy, the Oxygen atom, and her Hydrogen friends, Hydro and Hydra, travel and sing across the Universe to investigate how atoms form molecules. They shrink down to the atomic level to ride a snowflake as it builds and then turns to rain. Then, they meet Carbón and his friends who teach them about metals, polymers, and why carbon is needed for life.
The Molecularium project is part of the educational and outreach program of Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute’s National Science Foundation (NSF) funded Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center for Directed Assembly of Nanostructures.
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Oasis in Space: A Solar System Adventure |
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Take a journey through the beautiful Solar System. Your exploration starts on Earth, with its vast oceans that make life possible. You’ll fly by the other planets and their moons, learning about their characteristics such as atmosphere, temperature, and composition. See why water is a key to life here
A production of Spitz Creative Media
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Dancing With the Dinosaurs
Join Jake Chenier as he travels back in time to see how the dinosaurs lived. Sing along as he learns about types of dinosaurs and why they’re not alive today. It’s a perfect introduction to dinosaurs and science.
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