UPDATE: As of Tuesday, March 7, all shows are sold out.
The Georgia Southern Planetarium has its next exciting show scheduled for this month. Experience the Aurora allows you to take a trip into the Arctic Circle to see the Northern Lights. They will be projected all around the dome to give you the closest "big sky" experience to actually being there. The last time the planetarium hosted this show was March of 2020.
Researchers traveled to colder than imaginable locations like Svalbard, Norway, and Fairbanks, Alaska, to capture the beauty of the Northern Lights in time-lapse video. The show will share some of the science behind auroras, while offering stunning views of this phenomenon.
The best views of the Northern Lights come from these faraway locations, and these auroras can be somewhat unpredictable. But with this show, you are guaranteed to get a glimpse of these colorful, dancing lights -- and the planetarium is much warmer than the -58° F the researchers withstood to get the footage!
Planetarium staff will also share beautiful new images from the James Webb telescope, which are sure to impress. The Webb telescope continues to produce groundbreaking photos of galaxies far, far away.
The planetarium will offer this all-ages show on Thursday, March 23, at 6pm and 7pm, and on Friday, March 24, at 6pm, 7pm, and 8pm. Tickets are $4 per person and on sale now here. Please contact the planetarium at (912) 478-5292 or [email protected] with any questions.
