Friends of the Planetarium Events
Infrared Astronomy
Join the Friends of the Palomar College Planetarium at 6:30 pm on Saturday, September 15th as astronomer Dr. Luisa Rebull presents an engaging talk on Infrared Astronomy. The doors open at 6:00 p.m. Refreshments will be served. This event is exclusive to Friends of...
The Race to the Moon
Join us on Saturday, October 21, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. as the Friends of Palomar College Planetarium welcomes space historian and author Francis French for an exciting talk on the space race. In the 1960's, two superpowers were engaged in a titanic battle to land the...
The Great American Eclipse of 2017 – How to View and Photograph
Saturday July 8th, 2017 On August 21st, 2017 the continental US will be treated to a total solar eclipse for the first time since 1979. This WILL be a bucket-list-level event, and you need to start planning NOW! Whether you are traveling to an area of totality or...
The Prevalence, Properties, and Architectures of Exoplanets
May 6th, 2017 with Dr. Erik Petigura, a Hubble Postdoctoral Fellow at Caltech Exoplanets orbit stars other than our Sun. At first, the study of these objects focused upon individual discoveries. But, thanks in large part to the many identifications made by NASA's...
Solar Eclipses, 2016 and 2017 and More
May 14th, 2016 with Professor Jay Pasachoff of Williams College A veteran eclipse chaser, Professor Pasachoff has probably seen and studied more total solar eclipses than anyone else on Earth. By one count, he has witnessed 65 total eclipses between 1959 and the end...
The Restless Universe (Palomar Transient Factory)
April 25th, 2015 with Dr. Shrinivas Kulkarni - Caltech John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Science at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) & Director, Caltech Optical Observatories Abstract of Lecture: Cosmic...
The New Era of Exoplanet Direct Imaging
April 26th, 2014 with Dr. Sasha Hinkley - Caltech Most of the hundreds of extrasolar planets identified in the past 15 years have been detected indirectly through careful monitoring of the planets' effect on their host star's light. By overcoming the extremely large...