Planetarium: 'IBEX: Search for the Edge of the Solar System,' April 20
by Jamie Gonzales |
Friday, April 13, 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Friday, April 20, 6:30-7:30 p.m.
ConocoPhillips Integrated Science Building, Room 220
This fulldome presentation follows the construction, launch and early science results
of NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer mission (IBEX). The spacecraft never gets
farther than the orbit of the Moon, but by collecting fast-moving particles that have
traveled 10 billion miles to the heliosheath and back, IBEX is mapping where the Sun's
influence ends and interstellar space begins. Created at Chicago's Adler Planetarium
with visualizations from the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA),
this program is narrated by two inquisitive teenagers and features interviews with
the scientists and engineers who have put their creative energies into this fascinating
mission.
"IBEX: Search for the Edge of the Solar System" is one hour in length, featuring a
30-minute show followed by a live tour of the night sky and/or the Solar System. Ticket reservations are available online only. Remaining tickets will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis at the door on
the day of the show. The planetarium will open for seating 30 minutes before the start
of each show. You must be in the theater 10 minutes before the show starts. Reserved
seats will be released after this time to stand-by customers. There is no entry after
the show begins.
For more information or to learn how to become a UAA Planetarium member, please visit our website.
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