Cosmos Planetarium

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The Cosmos Planetarium, based in central Kansas, is the planetarium that comes to you and includes a skilled astronomy education professional with years of dome theater experience. Jon Salley, former Planetarium Director of the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center's Justice Planetarium and also retired Professor of Astronomy for Hutchinson Community College, makes learning about the universe fun, surprising, and entertaining for skywatchers of all ages and backgrounds. ----- Featuring the Digitarium Alpha 2 mobile planetarium projection system housed in a twenty-five foot diameter portable dome that can accommodate up to ninety guests at a time, this is not a toy, it is a real, state-of-the-art, fulldome digital projection planetarium incorporating a detailed and accurate starfield, breathtaking astronomical imagery, a powerful professional PA system, LED projection of additional still images and video, and live, easy-to-understand lectures on a multitude of astronomy topics. ----- Presentations are offered for a wide variety of age groups and settings and there are programs tailored specifically for school groups, with complete Boy Scout and Girl Scout merit badge and award programs in astronomy and space exploration available as well. The Cosmos Planetarium also offers live astronomy observation, using a selection of computer-guided telescopes and a safe Solar telescope to give you the real eyes-on astronomy experience of a lifetime! ----- While we are always happy to schedule visits to schools, we also offer presentations at museums, conventions, exhibits, corporate events, festivals, fairs, and other venues and can often even offer lectures that include information related to the venue into personalized shows, for instance incorporating a museum's on-site exhibits and related topics into a presentation. Planetarium visits can be a terrific added value that boosts public profile and attendance, and the enhanced attendance defrays the cost of the booking. ----- Contact us at planetarium@cox.net for bookings, group rates and any other information you need.