{"id":359,"date":"2017-06-13T13:40:16","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T20:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/planetarium\/?page_id=359"},"modified":"2025-03-07T19:19:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T03:19:20","slug":"contact-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/planetarium\/contact-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Contact Us"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Planetarium is part of the Palomar Community College District. Although the Planetarium serves the students of the Palomar College District, we are open to the public and provide a variety of shows highlighting astronomy, Earth, and Space Sciences each Friday night.<\/p>\n

Information about the Palomar Community College District can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Palomar College Planetarium
1140 West Mission Road
San Marcos, CA 92069<\/p>\n

Telephone<\/strong>: (760) 744 -1150 x 2833 |\u00a0Email<\/strong>: Planetarium@palomar.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Gabrielle Gregg<\/em>
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Donate Today<\/h4>\n

The Planetarium must be self-supporting and so relies on revenue from ticket sales and, more importantly, we rely on the generous donations made by the community.<\/p>\n

Donate to the Planetarium<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Stay Updated<\/h4>\n

If you are interested in adding your name to our registry, you can receive regular email newsletters and other information about the Planetarium and the events that are offered to the public.<\/p>\n

Keep Me Informed<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Attention K-12<\/h4>\n

If you are a K-12 educator and\/or institution and would like to receive more information about the programs related to astronomy that are offered to local area schools, click below.<\/p>\n

K-12 Programs<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Join\u00a0Our Friends<\/h4>\n

As a member of the Friends of the Planetarium, you are supporting the educational outreach of the Palomar College Planetarium by making the planetarium available to local K-12 school groups.<\/p>\n

Become a Friend<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Planetarium is part of the Palomar Community College District. Although the Planetarium serves the students of the Palomar College District, we are open to the public and provide a variety of shows highlighting astronomy, Earth, and Space Sciences each Friday night.Information about the Palomar Community College District can be found here.U.S. Mail:Palomar College Planetarium… Continue Reading Contact Us<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":402,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-359","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P8QaUO-5N","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1081,"url":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/planetarium\/friends-of-the-planetarium\/","url_meta":{"origin":359,"position":0},"title":"Friends of the Planetarium","author":"Helming, Kelly J.","date":"August 10, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":" The Mission of the FOP The Friends of the (Palomar College) Planetarium (FOP) is a non-profit association affiliated with\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.palomar.edu\/planetarium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/06\/4fcee2c51c02d_preview-620-300x200.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":294,"url":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/planetarium\/donate-to-the-planetarium\/","url_meta":{"origin":359,"position":1},"title":"Donate to the Planetarium","author":"Helming, Kelly J.","date":"June 7, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The planetarium at Palomar College is a beautiful facility built to serve Palomar College and the Community of San Diego. 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