SHSU Planetarium

SHSU Planetarium Offers free planetarium shows/education content to the university and public The SHSU Planetarium is located in the Farrington Building Room 102.

Hey ! Took a little trip out to Terlingua, Texas. This is looking east through a mountain valley near Christmas Mount...
05/19/2026

Hey ! Took a little trip out to Terlingua, Texas. This is looking east through a mountain valley near Christmas Mountain and Bad Rabbit Cafe.

05/07/2026

Still plenty of seats for tonight's planetarium show at 7:00.

04/16/2026

Plenty of spots left for tonight's 7:00 show! Come see what's up!

04/01/2026

Lift off! Go Artemis!

Hey ! When galaxies collide! This is NGC 4038 and NGC 4039...aka The Antennae. This collision produces long tidal ta...
03/28/2026

Hey ! When galaxies collide! This is NGC 4038 and NGC 4039...aka The Antennae. This collision produces long tidal tails of stars and gas, eventually merging together as one galaxy.

Hey ! It's been a long time, the weather hasn't exactly done us much of a favor. In any case, I did catch this a few ...
03/05/2026

Hey ! It's been a long time, the weather hasn't exactly done us much of a favor. In any case, I did catch this a few days ago. Messier 81 is a very large spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. Also called Bode's Nebula, it was discovered in 1774 by German astronomer Johann Bode. The word nebula was usef to describe any fuzzy patch of sky long before any understanding of the nature of galaxies.

Hey Super late start on the Spring 2026 schedule...but it is here!First show is this Thursday 1/22 at 7:00 featuring D...
01/21/2026

Hey Super late start on the Spring 2026 schedule...but it is here!

First show is this Thursday 1/22 at 7:00 featuring Dark: Understanding Dark Matter.

Complete Schedule to be posted in Events today!

Hey ! First image from 2026! This is the Medusa Nebula, also called Abell 21. This planetary nebula was discovered i...
01/05/2026

Hey ! First image from 2026! This is the Medusa Nebula, also called Abell 21. This planetary nebula was discovered in 1955 UCLA astronomer George Abell. It measures 4 lightyears across.

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