{"id":2110,"date":"2022-10-06T10:08:44","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T17:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/planetarium\/?page_id=2110"},"modified":"2026-09-10T16:04:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T23:04:13","slug":"the-sky-tonight","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/planetarium\/the-sky-tonight\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sky Tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Each Friday we offer our popular &#8220;The Sky Tonight&#8221; presentation at 7pm. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This live presentation uses our Digistar 7 presentation system to take the audience on a journey through our current night sky. In the show, you will learn about the current constellations and planets that are visible for that time of year. Later in the show, the audience is treated to a journey off-Earth that will send them on virtual visits to our Moon, the planets and more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A few things to know:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The presentation is live and hosted by one of our college astronomers <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The show starts at 7pm sharp and late seating is not allowed<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The presentation happens indoors in our planetarium theater and is unaffected by bad weather outside<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The presentation is suitable for audiences age 5 and up (children under 5 are not allowed)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/planetarium\/public-shows\/\" target=\"_blank\">PURCHASE TICKETS FOR THE SHOW<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"667\" data-attachment-id=\"2123\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/planetarium\/the-sky-tonight\/st-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/planetarium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/10\/ST-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1668\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ST\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/planetarium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/10\/ST-1024x667.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/planetarium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/10\/ST-1024x667.jpg\" alt=\"The Sky Tonight poster.\" class=\"wp-image-2123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/planetarium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/10\/ST-1024x667.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/planetarium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/10\/ST-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/planetarium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/10\/ST-768x500.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/planetarium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/10\/ST-1536x1001.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/planetarium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/10\/ST-2048x1334.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/planetarium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/10\/ST-1080x704.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/planetarium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/10\/ST-1280x834.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/planetarium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/10\/ST-980x639.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/planetarium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/10\/ST-480x313.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sky Tonight <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/planetarium\/the-sky-tonight\/\">Continue Reading<span> The Sky Tonight<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":476,"featured_media":3879,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-with-sidebar","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"class_list":["post-2110","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Phpt4u-y2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":181,"url":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/planetarium\/fulldome-shows\/","url_meta":{"origin":2110,"position":0},"title":"Fulldome Shows","author":"Helming, Kelly J.","date":"June 6, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"We are a Digistar 7 Fulldome Theater! 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