Feb. 12, 2010: UAA Planetarium to host its first public show, 'The Heart of the Sun'

Friday, Feb. 12, 7 p.m. UAA Planetarium, CPISP Room 220

The planetarium's first public show, called Heart of the Sun, is at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 12. Heart of the Sun is a full-dome digital presentation by John Weiley, revealing  the sun as it has never been seen before. New space-based telescopes, along with a new generation of terrestrial instruments, capture both the fine surface detail and the vast eruptions of the corona with unprecedented clarity and for the first time take us right inside a living star.

The Heart of the Sun delivers new breathtaking, high-resolution motion pictures never before seen in a fulldome theater.

From the Neolithic sky watchers of Europe to the solar observatories and blood sacrifice of Mesoamerica to the sun gods of the Egyptians and Greeks and the dawning of Aristotelian science, The Heart of the Sun reveals how the development of our whole cosmology has been informed by our struggle with this oldest of mysteries.

The full spring schedule of programs and their descriptions is posted on the planetarium Web site.

Seats are $10 per adult, $5 for students (with valid ID) and $5 for children (4-18 years). The Web site also explains how to become a member and join our mailing list.